Bias in Perceptions of Public Opinion among Political Elites.¶
BROOCKMAN, D. E., & SKOVRON, C. (2018). Bias in Perceptions of Public Opinion among Political Elites. American Political Science Review, 112(3), 542-563.
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Domain-specific¶
- False Consensus Effect
- Politics and polling — partisans of either side believe their views are more widely shared than they are, contributing to poll under-prediction effects.
This sourceSurveys of 3,765 politicians show they systematically overestimate constituents' support for their own preferred positions — partisan/elite projection of one's own views onto the wider population.
Supported in partVerified against the publisher's abstract
The study's abstract shows state legislators of both parties overestimating constituents' support for their side's positions, but it concerns elites only and states no polling effect.
“state legislative politicians from both parties dramatically overestimated their constituents’ support for conservative policies on these issues, a pattern consistent across methods, districts, and states”
- Politics and polling — partisans of either side believe their views are more widely shared than they are, contributing to poll under-prediction effects.
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