Monday, March 24, 2008

Jacobs & Shapiro (2000) Politicians Don't Pander

Crafted Talk
1. Use polls to track public opinion
2. Manage press coverage—control the message!
3. Priming

Systematic conditions that enable an increase in “orchestrated presentations”
1. Partisan polarization—number of moderates???
2. Institutional individuation
3. Incumbency bias
4. Interest group proliferation
5. Interbranch relations
6. Proximity of elections

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