An Anomaly in Political Perception |
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| Authors: | GRANBERG DONALD |
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| Affiliation: | Donald Granberg is Professor of Sociology and Research Associate at the Center for Research in Social Behavior, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri 65211. The author thanks Randi Mach, John Murphy, Ross DePugh, Robert Arkin, Patricia Shanks, and Diane Chappell for their advice and assistance. The data for the Centerfor Political Studies 1980 National Election Study were obtained through the Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research at the University of Michigan. The author is solely responsible for analyses and interpretation. |
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| Abstract: | This article uses two theories of political perception, displacementtheory and political cue theory, to analyze the abortion issue.Although both theories are supported, neither can account forthe anomaly of collective misperception of Ted Kennedy's position.Experimentally manipulating the salience of politics and religionaffected perception of Kennedy's position in a way that supportedan extended version of political cue theory. |
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