Original paper

Assessing the ideological extremism of American party activists

Volume: 25, Issue: 4, Pages: 495 - 506
Published: Sep 17, 2017
Abstract
In this article, we investigate whether it is appropriate to generalize about the ideological and demographic characteristics of American party activists. Many studies on party polarization emphasize the role of activists in encouraging the divisions within the parties, and in so doing, commonly treat activists as a homogeneous group. Here, we show that different forms of political activity attract systematically different types of individuals....
Paper Details
Title
Assessing the ideological extremism of American party activists
Published Date
Sep 17, 2017
Volume
25
Issue
4
Pages
495 - 506
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