Intelligence and the rationality of political preferences
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DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2018.05.002
Abstract: Abstract I study the relationship between intelligence and the rationality of political preferences. Intelligence is operationalized as achievement in standard mental ability tests, rationality as consistency between political attitudes and political preferences and consistency as… read more here.
Keywords: intelligence; political attitudes; rationality political; intelligence rationality ... See more keywords
Issue politicization and social class: How the electoral supply activates class divides in political preferences
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DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.12469
Abstract: Against premature claims about the declining political relevance of social class in post-industrial democracies, recent research indicates that class continues to be a relevant determinant of political preferences. In post-industrial societies 'old' class divides on… read more here.
Keywords: class; social class; class divides; issue politicization ... See more keywords
Modeling Political Preferences of Russian Users Exemplified by the Social Network Vkontakte
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DOI: 10.1134/s2070048220020088
Abstract: Abstract Two models of machine learning are proposed for the automatic prediction of political views held by Russian users of the Vkontakte social network based on a microapproach to data analysis. The results are tested… read more here.
Keywords: social network; modeling political; russian users; preferences russian ... See more keywords
Forging Political Identities and Becoming Citizens: The Political Preferences and Engagement of South American Immigrants in the United States and Spain
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DOI: 10.1177/0002764221996752
Abstract: Research in the United States has emphasized the importance of anti-immigrant and anti-Hispanic hostility to galvanize shared identities and a sense of linked fate that is electorally mobilized around the pan-ethnic Latino identity. With survey… read more here.
Keywords: immigrants united; south american; american immigrants; states spain ... See more keywords
The Effect of Curfews on Political Preferences
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DOI: 10.1177/00220027221109788
Abstract: Governments often use curfews as counterinsurgency measures. Do such state actions affect citizens’ political preferences? We argue that citizens’ responses depend on their group alignment. Citizens who are aligned with the government are more likely… read more here.
Keywords: support; curfews political; political preferences; effect curfews ... See more keywords
The Political Self: How Identity Aligns Preferences With Epistemic Needs
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DOI: 10.1177/0956797617748679
Abstract: Numerous studies have indicated that the need for closure predicts political preferences. We examined a potential moderator of this relationship: political-identity centrality, or the extent to which individuals’ political preferences are central to their self-concept.… read more here.
Keywords: epistemic needs; ideology; political identity; need closure ... See more keywords
Turnout, political preferences and information: Experimental evidence from Perú
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DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1965669
Abstract: I combine a field experiment with a change in voting laws reducing the fine for abstention to assess the effects of monetary incentives to encourage voter participation. In a real world election, using experimental variation… read more here.
Keywords: reduction; information; reduction fine; turnout political ... See more keywords