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ISSN 2053-1680 · SAGE Publishing · 610 articles in the index
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Lobbying by Rebel Groups in the United States: Introducing the Rebel Lobbying Dataset, Version 1, 1945–2012
During civil wars, some rebel groups hire lobbying and public relations (PR) firms to cultivate favorable perceptions abroad. Almost 15% of rebel groups, for example, lobbied through PR firms at least once in the United States between 1945 and 2012. Yet, data limitations have made it difficult for…
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Short-lived persuasion from campaign rallies: Evidence from the 2016 U.S. presidential election
This paper estimates the impact of presidential campaign rallies on candidate support and policy attitudes in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Using CCES microdata matched to rally dates and locations, I implement an event-study design that exploits within-county variation in interview timing…
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Who fears which great power? Symmetric and asymmetric threat perceptions in East Asia
Public threat perceptions in East Asia do not map neatly onto aggregate power or generalized rivalry sentiment, yet their cross-domain structure has received little systematic attention. This article examines how concerns across distinct issue domains are associated with perceived threats from…
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National security versus human security: Intrastate conflict and states’ rhetoric on conventional arms control in the United Nations general assembly
While arms control during the Cold War was primarily concerned with weapons of mass destruction and their role in national security, the end of the bipolar order shifted attention toward intrastate conflicts, the conventional weapons with which they are fought, and their humanitarian consequences…
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Reassurance and betrayal: Cross-ethnic appeals by party leaders in divided societies lead to asymmetric voter reactions
Why do conciliatory political appeals sometimes polarise rather than moderate electoral competition in divided societies? Existing accounts of consociational power-sharing explain how hardline parties can become credible negotiators, but they say less about how voters respond when the leaders of…
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What does the public know about their State’s abortion laws in the post-Dobbs era?
Following the Dobbs decision in the U.S., there were widespread reports of misinformation regarding the ruling. Many Americans may therefore have faced uncertainty about abortion laws in their state, and Latinos—approximately 40% of whom are foreign-born—may be particularly vulnerable due to…
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From the courtroom to the public: Judicial influence on people’s attitudes toward same-sex marriage in Japan
Can judicial action change public attitudes? While most empirical studies on the societal impact of court rulings have focused on the United States, particularly its Supreme Court, the influence of courts in other contexts remains largely unexplored. This study examines Japan—the only G7 country…
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Do you think David can win against Goliath? Evidence on factors affecting popular perceptions of victory in Taiwan against Chinese aggression
How do citizens form perceptions of victory in war under power asymmetry? Although scholars have extensively studied the objective determinants of war outcomes, we know far less about how citizens subjectively weigh these factors. We examine this question in Taiwan, a demanding test: extreme power…
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War propaganda without misinformation? Normative framing and side-taking in war
How do citizens of third-party states form sympathies in foreign wars? Most prior work on wartime public opinion focuses on the effects of information: material costs, elite assessments, and characteristics of combatants. Yet wartime coverage must also make choices about how to frame a conflict…
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What is populism good for? An experimental test of mobilization effects
In recent decades, populist parties and candidates have gained increasing electoral support across the world. Despite this evident electoral success of populists, however, recent experimental studies find limited effects of populist rhetoric alone on vote choice. If such rhetoric is not effective…
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Immigration attitudes and the emerging education divide in left-right identification
Across the advanced democracies, educational attainment has become increasingly linked to citizens’ political orientations. Education, it seems, polarizes citizens – with the higher educated turning to the left and the lower educated to the right. Here, we contend that this ideological divide…
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“White Americans’ ‘loser’ perceptions and redistributive policy preferences”
This paper examines white Americans’ attitudes toward redistribution in the United States. Prior research has identified key predictors of redistribution attitudes, including political ideology, racial prejudice, or resentment. In addition to these factors, a growing body of work highlights the…
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Little room for motivated reasoning? How partisans respond to government misconduct with well-substantiated evidence
How do voters respond to a political scandal? Previous studies emphasize partisan motivated reasoning as a key factor in shaping responses to political scandals but offer mixed evidence. I argue that partisans are less likely to engage in motivated reasoning when two conditions are met: (1) clear…
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Which frame fits? Policy learning with framing for climate change policy attitudes
How should climate policy be framed to maximize public support? We evaluate the effects of five distinct message frames—scientific, religious, moral, and two economic (efficiency and equity)—on support for climate change policy using a randomized experiment with over 2300 U.S. respondents. Moving…
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Reducing affective polarization does not affect false news sharing or truth discernment
Why do people spread false news online? Previous studies have linked affective polarization with misinformation sharing and belief. Contrary to these largely observational findings, however, we show that experimentally improving people’s feelings about opposing partisans (versus members of their…
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Does the perceived prestige of a political office affect support for women candidates?
Research documents that women political leaders tend to be excluded from the highest and most prestigious political offices such as the presidency or gubernatorial offices in the U.S. However, it is not clear if the perceived prestige of a political office directly leads voters away from supporting…
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Xenophobic violence in Sweden 2009–2022: Introducing the dataset
We present a new event dataset on xenophobic violence in Sweden, covering all police-reported, hate-crime-flagged incidents involving physical violence between 2009 and 2022 (n = 2,522). The dataset provides a nationally complete and georeferenced record of violent xenophobic offences, combining…
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Allied commitments and public support for military interventions: A cross-national experiment
Recent survey experiments have found that the public in NATO member states is more supportive of intervening militarily on behalf of formal allies than non-allies. However, we lack empirical evidence on whether this effect of alliance treaties generalizes to non-NATO and non-Western countries. To…
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Not just women for women: How gendered affinities affect candidate support
Despite gains in women’s political representation, many studies continue to identify structural and attitudinal barriers that contribute to their persistent under-representation in elected office. One commonly cited explanation is a baseline reluctance among some voters to support female…
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Deep canvassing with automated conversational agents: Personalized messaging to change attitudes
We test a social media conversational agent for canvassing on the topic of anti-transgender prejudice, replicating and benchmarking treatment effects. In-person deep canvassing is the gold standard for durably changing attitudes on polarizing topics. However, door-to-door canvassing is costly, and…