Authors
John Gastil, Don Braman, Dan Kahan, Paul Slovic
Publication date
2011/10
Journal
PS: Political Science & Politics
Volume
44
Issue
4
Pages
711-714
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Description
Most Americans lack any substantial degree of ideological sophistication (Kinder 1998), yet they often manage to express coherent views across a range of issues. The conventional explanation for this is that people rely on judgmental shortcuts (e.g., Sniderman, Brody, and Tetlock 1991). These “heuristics” permit individuals with sufficient political sophistication to sort and filter incoming messages to form relatively consistent views that align with preexisting values (Zaller 1992).
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