Putting the Political in Political Interest: The Conditional Effect of Politics on Citizens’ Interest in Politics

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Author(s)Miller, Joanne M.
Author(s)Peterson, David A. M.
Author(s)McClurg, Scott D.
Author(s)Sauncers, Kyle L.
Date Accessioned2023-01-31T14:33:13Z
Date Available2023-01-31T14:33:13Z
Publication Date2022-11-14
DescriptionThis is the Accepted Manuscript version of Miller, J. M., Peterson, D. A. M., Saunders, K. L., & McClurg, S. D. (2022). Putting the Political in Political Interest: The Conditional Effect of Politics on Citizens’ Interest in Politics. American Politics Research, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/1532673X221139757. This article was originally published in American Politics Research. The version of record is available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/1532673X221139757. Copyright © The Author(s) 2022.
AbstractGiven that political interest is one of the best predictors of political participation, it remains curious that the causes of interest are undertheorized and understudied. Notably absent from much of the research on political interest is an exploration of how variations in the nature of politics itself might have an impact on individual-level political interest. We develop a theory and a set of testable predictions about how partisanship interacts with the presence of a presidential (vs. midterm) election, the party of the sitting president, and elite polarization, to affect political interest. We report multilevel models that use ANES measures of political interest and partisanship and the DW-NOMINATE Senate polarization measure (from 1960 to 2008) and discuss the implications of our findings for the long-term prospects of an interested electorate.
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CitationMiller, J. M., Peterson, D. A. M., Saunders, K. L., & McClurg, S. D. (2022). Putting the Political in Political Interest: The Conditional Effect of Politics on Citizens’ Interest in Politics. American Politics Research, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/1532673X221139757
ISSN1552-3373
URLhttps://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/32183
Languageen_US
PublisherAmerican Politics Research
Keywordspolitical interest
Keywordspartisanship
Keywordselite polarization
TitlePutting the Political in Political Interest: The Conditional Effect of Politics on Citizens’ Interest in Politics
TypeArticle
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