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A Look Back At 20 Years of Research on Gender and Voting in Politics & Gender
(Politics & Gender, 2025-01-08) Cassese, Erin C.; Friesen, Amanda
This essay highlights the impact of Politics & Gender on the discipline’s understanding of how gender shapes the preferences, behavior, and motivations of voters. It provides descriptive information about the prevalence of research on gender and voting in the journal, along with the proportion of articles dedicated to women voters across different regions globally. The bulk of the essay focuses on the substance of this research — drawing out major themes and identifying significant contributions within each theme — and it concludes by offering a future research agenda on gender and voting.
Language and LGBTQ Politics: The Effect of Changing Group Labels on Public Attitudes
(American Politics Research, 2024-05-24) Jones, Philip Edward
The labels used to describe sexual and gender minorities in the U.S. have shifted over time and become increasingly inclusive. Movement organizations have changed from describing the “lesbian, gay, and bisexual” (“LGB”) community to adding transgender (“LGBT”) and then also queer (“LGBTQ”) identities. Do these different labels affect public views of the group and support for their rights? I embedded a question wording experiment in a statewide survey, asking respondents about either LGB, LGBT, or LGBTQ people. The labels had no discernible effect on (1) support for requiring businesses to serve the group; nor (2) views of the group’s political leanings. There is no evidence that ideology and partisanship moderated these null effects: liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, were unaffected by the changing designations. This suggests public attitudes are not contingent on how the LGBTQ community is labelled, a finding with implications both for movement organizations and survey researchers.
A Reflection on the Relationship Between Place and Health: Understanding Undergraduate Student Experiences and Priorities During the COVID-19 Pandemic
(Delaware Journal of Public Health, 2022-08) Rao, Abhigna; Hoffman, Lindsay; Bleakley, Amy; Karpyn, Allison
Environment and setting have a large influence on matters of population health, and college is a critical place for students, shaping both health and education. College students across the nation were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and changes at universities left many anxious, isolated, and coping with social, emotional, and educational impacts. Objective: To perform a data analysis of the qualitative responses garnered through the Student Return to Campus Survey administered at the University of Delaware (UD) in Spring 2020, and to identify common themes of student experiences and priorities during the pandemic years to inform future recommendations for health crisis management. Methods: The study utilized secondary data analysis from an online student experience survey of 2,941 Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior students from the 2020-2021 academic year. Results: Qualitative analysis revealed a set of common outstanding themes influencing the college pandemic experience, including: Quality and Accessibility of Education in a Virtual Learning Environment; Quality of Student Life; Mental Health During the Pandemic; Thoughts and Attitudes About Vaccination Policies, Masking, Testing, and COVID Guidelines; Priorities and Considerations About the Return to Campus; and Overall Feelings About the Pandemic at UD. Conclusions: Student experiences were influenced by academic, social, emotional, and financial factors, which were often described with great intensity, and were at times contradictory. Students emphasized struggles with transitioning to and with virtual learning, the quality of campus resources, financial responsibilities, family health, and personal health. The results also shed light on the importance of communication with the campus community and the desire for students to express opinions during a crisis. Health Policy Implications: The results of this study have implications for crisis management for college campuses and planning for future responses to unanticipated events and ongoing COVID-19 mitigation efforts.
Delaware Voter Survey 2022: Methodology and topline results
(Center for Political Communication, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 2022-09-29) Jones, Phil
The 2022 Delaware Statewide Voter Survey was funded by UD’s Center for Political Communication (CPC) with support from the College of Arts and Sciences. The study was supervised by the CPC Research Director Phil Jones, a professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations. The study was fielded by Issues and Answers Network and obtained telephone interviews with a representative sample of 904 registered voters in Delaware. 59% of respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone and 41% were interviewed on a cell phone. Interviewing was conducted from Sept. 14-29, 2022, in English. Samples were drawn from a list of Delaware registered voters. Statistical results are weighted by gender, age, race, Hispanic identity, and county to match the population parameters of the adult population in Delaware. The margin of sampling error for the sample of registered voters is ± 3.3 percentage points. Overall, the cooperation rate was 5.0% among cell phone users and 4.8% among landline users.
Delaware Voter Survey 2020: Methodology and topline results
(Center for Political Communication, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 2020-09-27) Brewer, Paul
The National Agenda Opinion Project research was funded by the University of Delaware's Center for Political Communication (CPC) with support from the College of Arts and Sciences. The study was supervised by the CPC's Research Director, Paul Brewer, a professor in the Departments of Communication and Political Science & International Relations. The study was fielded by Abt Associates and obtained telephone interviews with a representative sample of 976 adults living in Delaware, including 911 registered voters and 847 likely voters. A total of 327 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone and 649 were interviewed on a cell phone. Interviewing was conducted from September 21-27, 2020, in English. Samples were drawn from both landline and cell phone random digit dialed (RDD) frames and a list of Delaware registered voters. Both the landline and cell phone RDD samples were provided by Dynata. Statistical results are weighted for telephone service, sample frame, age, gender, race/ethnicity, education, and voter registration status by county to match the population parameters of the adult population in Delaware. The margin of sampling error for registered voters is ± 4 percentage points (the margin of sampling error is larger for results from subsamples). Overall, the response rate (AAPOR RR3) was 2% for the landline RDD sample, 3% for the cell RDD sample, 4% for landline numbers from the RV sample, and 2% for cell numbers from the RV sample.
Delaware Voter Survey 2018: Methodology and topline results
(Center for Political Communication, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 2018-09-17) Brewer, Paul
The National Agenda Opinion Project research was funded by the University of Delaware's Center for Political Communication (CPC) with support from the College of Arts and Sciences. The study was supervised by the CPC's Research Director, Paul Brewer, a professor in the Departments of Communication and Political Science & International Relations. The study was fielded by Abt Associates and obtained telephone interviews with a representative sample of 995 adults living in Delaware, including 908 registered voters. A total of 348 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone and 647 were interviewed on a cell phone. Interviewing was conducted from September 11-17, 2018 in English. Samples were drawn from both landline and cell phone random digit dialed (RDD) frames and a list of Delaware registered voters. Both the landline and cell phone RDD samples were provided by Survey Sampling International. Statistical results are weighted to match the population parameters of the adult population in Delaware. The margin of sampling error for the sample of registered voters is ± 3.7 percentage points. Overall, the response rate (AAPOR RR3) was 14.4% for the landline RDD sample, 3.6% for the cell RDD sample, 5.8% for landline numbers from the RV sample and 6.7% for cell numbers from the RV sample.
Delaware Voter Survey 2016: Methodology and topline results
(Center for Political Communication, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 2016-09-28) Brewer, Paul
The National Agenda Opinion Project research was funded by the University of Delaware’s Center for Political Communication (CPC) and the William P. Frank Foundation. The study was supervised by the CPC’s Research Director, Paul Brewer, a professor in the Departments of Communication and Political Science & International Relations. Results are based on telephone interviews with a representative sample of 900 registered voters. Telephone interviews were conducted by landline (450) and cell phone (450, including 187 without a landline). The survey was conducted from September 16-28, 2016, by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. Statistical results are weighted to correct known demographic discrepancies. The margin of sampling error for the complete set of weighted data is ± 3.8 percentage points. Readers should be aware that in addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of public opinion polls
Delaware Voter Survey 2014: Methodology and topline results
(Center for Political Communication, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 2014-09-22) Brewer, Paul
The National Agenda Opinion Project research was funded by the University of Delaware’s Center for Political Communication (CPC) and the William P. Frank Foundation. The study was supervised by the CPC’s Associate Director, Paul Brewer, a professor in the Departments of Communication and Political Science & International Relations. Results are based on telephone interviews with a representative sample of 902 adults residing in the state of Delaware. Telephone interviews were conducted via landline (n=450) and cell phone (n=452 including 190 without a landline phone). The survey was conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International, and the interviews were administered in English by Princeton Data Source. The data were collected from September 10-22, 2014. Statistical results are weighted to correct known demographic discrepancies. The margin of sampling error for the complete set of weighted data is ± 3.9percentage points. Results based on subsamples have larger margins of error. Readers should be aware that in addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of public opinion polls.
Delaware Voter Survey 2010: Methodology and topline results
(Center for Political Communication, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 2010-09-30) Center for Political Communication
Methodological results for the UD Center for Political Communication's “National Agenda Poll” are based on telephone interviews conducted Sept. 16-30, 2010, with a random sample of 901 Delaware adults, aged 18 and older. Respondents were selected using random-digit-dial sampling procedures targeting both cell and landline phone extensions. Based on the total sample for the poll, one can say with 95 percent confidence that the maximum margin of sampling error is plus or minus 4.1 percentage points. In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of public opinion polls. Statistical results presented are weighted to correct known demographic discrepancies.
Political Awareness and the Identity-to-Politics Link in Public Opinion
(Journal of Politics, 2023-03-07) Jones, Philip Edward
Members of different social groups often hold distinctive political attitudes. Research shows substantial divides based on characteristics like religion, race, gender, and sexuality, suggesting a straightforward identity-to-politics link. But making that link requires some knowledge and understanding of politics, which not everyone has. As a result, I show, political awareness often moderates the link between social identity and political views. Among the least engaged, identity is only weakly related to politics, and the differences between groups are muted. As awareness increases, the connection between group membership and political attitudes tightens, and the magnitude of identity gaps grows. The substantive impact of awareness varies across groups, and there are notable exceptions to these findings. In general though, the identity-to-politics link—and thus many of the divisions attributed to demographic characteristics—is conditional on political awareness.

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