{"title":"The instability of partisanship due to context","authors":"Michael McBurnett","doi":"10.1016/0260-9827(91)90016-N","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Recent research shows that certain conditions can lead to change in party attachment by individuals. This essay develops and tests three hypotheses derived from the established literature that suggest individual partisanship is unstable. These tests are arrayed in increasing order of complexity. How the length of residence affects partisanship is addressed. A second test asks if the information flow during elections contributes to change in party attachment. The third test looks at the way interaction among partisans affects partisanship. Strong instability is indicated through interaction effects not found in the other models. The consequences for vote-choice models are addressed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101034,"journal":{"name":"Political Geography Quarterly","volume":"10 2","pages":"Pages 132-148"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1991-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0260-9827(91)90016-N","citationCount":"11","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Political Geography Quarterly","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/026098279190016N","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Recent research shows that certain conditions can lead to change in party attachment by individuals. This essay develops and tests three hypotheses derived from the established literature that suggest individual partisanship is unstable. These tests are arrayed in increasing order of complexity. How the length of residence affects partisanship is addressed. A second test asks if the information flow during elections contributes to change in party attachment. The third test looks at the way interaction among partisans affects partisanship. Strong instability is indicated through interaction effects not found in the other models. The consequences for vote-choice models are addressed.