In the Eye of the Beholder? Motivated Reasoning in Disputed Elections

Autor:	Christopher J. Devine, Steven P. Nawara, Sarah McKinnon Bryner, Kyle C. Kopko, Jeffrey Budziak
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	Identification (information) Ballot Motivated reasoning Sociology and Political Science Counting process business.industry Public relations Political process business Epistemology
Zdroj:	Political Behavior. 33:271-290
ISSN:	1573-6687 0190-9320
DOI:	10.1007/s11109-010-9133-x
Popis:	This study uses an experimental design to simulate the ballot counting process during a hand-recount after a disputed election. Applying psychological theories of motivated reasoning to the political process, we find that ballot counters’ party identification conditionally influences their ballot counting decisions. Party identification’s effect on motivated reasoning is greater when ballot counters are given ambiguous, versus specific, instructions for determining voter intent. This study’s findings have major implications for ballot counting procedures throughout the United States and for the use of motivated reasoning in the political science literature.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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