http://hdl.handle.net/1803/3817 2013-05-22T14:11:33Z 2013-05-22T14:11:33Z Geer, John Gray http://hdl.handle.net/1803/4063 2011-02-11T19:08:47Z 2002-01-01T06:00:00Z

Title: Parties and Partisanship: A Brief Introduction Authors: Geer, John Gray Abstract: The article is an introduction to ten essays which will comprise a three-part special issue of the periodical Political Behavior. The essays are about partisanship in American politics. Geer summarizes the essays' topics and also dedicates the special issue to political scientist Warren Miller, whose contributions he discusses. The essays are revised versions of papers presented at a conference held at Vanderbilt in Oct. 2001. Description: Originally published in Political Behavior, v. 24, no. 2 (2002), p. 85-91.

2002-01-01T06:00:00Z Geer, John Gray http://hdl.handle.net/1803/4055 2011-02-11T19:02:04Z 1988-01-01T06:00:00Z

Title: What Do Open-Ended Questions Measure? Authors: Geer, John Gray Abstract: "Open-ended questions are frequently used by survey researchers to measure public opinion. Some scholars, however, have doubts about how accurately these kinds of questions measure the views of the public. A chief concern is that the questions tap, in part, people's ability to articulate a response, not their underlying attitudes. This paper tests whether this concern is warranted. Using open-ended questions from the Center for Political Studies, I show that almost all people respond to open-ended questions. The few individuals who do not respond appear uninterested in the specific question posed, not unable to answer such questions in general. These findings should increase our confidence in work of scholars who have relied on open-ended questions"--From article. Description: Originally published in Public Opinion Quarterly, v. 52, no. 3 (1991), p. 365-371.

1988-01-01T06:00:00Z Geer, John Gray http://hdl.handle.net/1803/4054 2011-02-11T19:02:02Z 1992-01-01T06:00:00Z

Title: New Deal Issues and the American Electorate, 1952-1988 Authors: Geer, John Gray Abstract: "As each presidential election passes into the history books, debate renews over the status of the New Deal Party System. This article addresses part of that debate by examining changes in the electorate's assessment of New Deal issues. Despite the vast literature on realignment, there have have been few efforts to see whether issues associated with the New Deal still shape the political attitudes of the American electorate. Using the NES's open-ended like/dislike questions on parties and candidates from 1952 to 1988, I show that New Deal issues remain central to the partisan attitudes of the public. These findings show that the agenda of the New deal remains an integral part of how the American public thinks about their candidates and parties. There, of course, has been much change over the last four decades, but these results suggest, in general, that at least parts of the New Deal Party System remain intact"--From article. Description: Originally published in: Political Behavior, v. 14, no. 1 (1992), p. 45-65.

1992-01-01T06:00:00Z Geer, John Gray http://hdl.handle.net/1803/4053 2011-02-11T19:02:00Z 1991-01-01T06:00:00Z

Title: Electorate's Partisan Evaluations: Evidence of a Continuing Democratic Edge Authors: Geer, John Gray Abstract: "Scholars have devoted a good deal of attention to studying changes in how the public evaluates the Democratic and Republican parties. However, there have been few attempts to examine the underlying components of the changes in these over all evaluations of the parties in detail. By recoding the Center for Political Studies' open-ended likes/dislikes questions for parties, this paper maps change in the underlying partisan evaluations of the electorate since 1952. The results suggest that the Democrats have remained the favored party, despite some gains by the GOP in recent years. Of the eight issues studied, the Republicans have made significant inroads only on the economic front. The findings also highlight the obstacles that face the Republican's effort to gain majority status, suggesting why it has remained the minority party for over 50 years, and why it is likely to remain in that position in the near future"--From article. Description: Originally published in Public Opinion Quarterly, v. 55, no. 2 (1991), p. 218-231.

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