tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925493305476056067.post7231210628580231996..comments2023-10-15T05:33:35.272-04:00Comments on The Mischiefs of Faction: Are Partisans Hypocrites?Seth Maskethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178036016555722068noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925493305476056067.post-82946585083273031472013-06-18T16:39:25.435-04:002013-06-18T16:39:25.435-04:00I have no problem believing that most partisans ar...I have no problem believing that most partisans are hypocrites and that people who have principled and informed positions on these issues that are a small and exceptionally well informed group. And, not many people have a world view that sees the two major political parties as separate from "the People" whom the people must mutually fear.andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172964121659914379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925493305476056067.post-44483487333026549722013-06-13T17:03:50.995-04:002013-06-13T17:03:50.995-04:00I may be naive, and I would not argue that questio...I may be naive, and I would not argue that question wording had much to do with Republican shifts on the issue, but what about independents and some Democrats? My point is simply that although partisanship is important in explaining a person's position on an issue, there are other factors, and when the question wording is changed substantially--court order vs. no court order; tapping millions of phones vs. monitoring terrorist suspects--I think that the it can have an effect of responses and needs to be acknowledged. I know that it would affect my response although it may not be the most important factor.Stefan Haaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08121504374747892425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925493305476056067.post-17514832783355503222013-06-12T17:30:21.668-04:002013-06-12T17:30:21.668-04:00Question wording may help explain shifts in overal...Question wording may help explain shifts in overall levels of support, but it doesn't really explain shifts among partisan subgroups.Seth Maskethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17178036016555722068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925493305476056067.post-6917142065161714642013-06-12T17:29:07.745-04:002013-06-12T17:29:07.745-04:00Sure, but it's not obvious voters care much ab...Sure, but it's not obvious voters care much about that distinction -- 75% of Republicans supported the Bush-era wiretapping despite its illegality. Still the Obama administration's compliance with the law may help explain why that program's overall support is 5 points higher than the earlier one.Seth Maskethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17178036016555722068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925493305476056067.post-83454052454404511352013-06-12T17:18:38.989-04:002013-06-12T17:18:38.989-04:00Andrew Gelman at The Monkey Cage states the follow...Andrew Gelman at The Monkey Cage states the following:<br />"I don’t know how important the question wording is; maybe people are just giving their gut reactions to recent headlines. On a substantive level, though, there’s a difference between tapping millions of phones vs. monitoring terrorist suspects, and there’s a difference between court order and no court order. I don’t know how I would respond to the poll now, and I don’t know how I’d have responded in 2006."<br />I think that question wording is important and that's another factor to consider in why opinions seem to change.Stefan Haaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08121504374747892425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925493305476056067.post-24554306165319899032013-06-12T15:40:07.478-04:002013-06-12T15:40:07.478-04:00Then there's the fact that when Bush was doing...Then there's the fact that when Bush was doing it, it was warrantless and illegal. Whatever you think about the merits of the policy, Obama appears to have been following duly passed laws.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16387816156204378075noreply@blogger.com