01:790:302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Socioeconomic Status, Colombian Americans
17 Mar 2017
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Hjnall & lee on: the limits of the ideological continuum. The bottom line is that while we know there are imperfections linked to the measurement of party identification as a linear scale, we know little about the substantive sources of any alternate dimensions of partisan choices. The end result is that we tend to ignore these irregularities and instead fall back on more simplistic modeling choices (71). Independent because i can choose whoever/whatever i want. Disgruntled / disaffected / both parties suck mentality. Hjnall &lee: a new theory of partisan choice. Social groups and ideological positions interact to form ones partisan or non-partisan choice. Through the mid 2000"s, there was a growing number of african americans identifying as independent . Declined faith in linked fate represented by democratic party. Democratic exodus per hjnall & lee, but: New immigrants may not know enough about american politics and parties to know where they fit ideologically. Lack of ownership of american ideological identifiers.
