Political Awareness and the Identity-to-Politics Link in Public Opinion

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Author(s)Jones, Philip Edward
Date Accessioned2023-05-16T14:54:23Z
Date Available2023-05-16T14:54:23Z
Publication Date2023-03-07
Description© 2023 Southern Political Science Association. All rights reserved. This article was originally published in Journal of Politics on 03/07/2023. The version of record is available at: https://doi.org/10.1086/723022. This article will be embargoed until 3/7/2024.
AbstractMembers 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.
CitationJones, Philip Edward. “Political Awareness and the Identity-to-Politics Link in Public Opinion.” The Journal of Politics 85, no. 2 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1086/723022.
ISSN1468-2508
URLhttps://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/32749
Languageen_US
PublisherJournal of Politics
Keywordspolitical awareness
Keywordsidentity politics
Keywordspublic opinion
TitlePolitical Awareness and the Identity-to-Politics Link in Public Opinion
TypeArticle
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