The Failure of Liberal/Conservative Ideology as a Cognitive Structure |
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| Authors: | LUTTBEG NORMAN R; GANT MICHAEL M |
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| Institution: | Norman R. Luttbeg is a Professor and Michael M. Gant is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, Texas A M University. The data utilized in this paper were made available by the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research. Neither the collectors of the original data nor the Consortium bear any responsibility for the analysis or interpretations presented here. |
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| Abstract: | While the American electorate has been found less than fullycapable of choosing among presidential candidates on the basisof their positions on the issues, there has been optimism thatwere that electorate encouraged to conceptualize politics onthe basis of liberal and conservative ideological positions,the quality of vote choice would improve. Using ANES 1980'squestions to assess the electorate's ability to lend correctdefinitions to the terms liberal and conservative, we find littlebasis for optimism that an ideologically sophisticated electoratewould better select candidates reflecting the electorate's positionson the issues. |
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