Re: Bartels
Michael Hoover wrote:
lazasfeld, berelson (with several other co-authors whose names escape me) set ‘tone’ for social-psychological approach, while reference to converse is apropos given that his stuff (often written with angus campbell, warren miller, donald stokes) is generally cited as having set ’standard’ for concluding that voters lack coherent views, there exists a body of research indicating that his/their criteria were too rigid and that, in fact, percentage holding coherent views is much higher…
Call me crazy, but watching American politics, there seems to be a lot of incoherence. 2/3 of Bush voters thought he supported Kyoto. That’s mad. How can so many people believe such ridiculous things?
Doug