[EL] 2016 pol. science book "Independent Politics"

[Schultz, David]

To those of us who have read the classic political science voting studies,
none of the conclusions in the book are a surprise.

On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 8:04 PM, Larry Levine <larrylevine at earthlink.net>
wrote:

> Conventional wisdom, among political consultants, is based only partially
> on reg data. We also look at turnout data and voting results. I’m not
> belittling the book or the findings it presents. I’m just saying those
> findings, as presented here, are not new. Perhaps we can view them as
> confirming the wisdom of consultants who make their living from knowing
> these things.
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> Larry
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> *From:* Hersh, Eitan D <Eitan.Hersh at tufts.edu>
> *Sent:* Monday, August 06, 2018 5:47 PM
> *To:* larrylevine at earthlink.net; 'Richard Winger' <richardwinger at yahoo.com>;
> 'Election Law Listserv' <law-election at uci.edu>
> *Subject:* RE: [EL] 2016 pol. science book "Independent Politics"
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> It’s a terrific book. Thanks for drawing attention to it, Richard.
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> Its findings – which are based on fascinating psychology experiments – get
> us a much deeper understanding of independents than conventional wisdom
> based on voter reg data.
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> Eitan D. Hersh
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> Associate Professor, Political Science
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> Tufts University
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> 108 Packard Hall
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> www.eitanhersh.com
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> *From:* Law-election <law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu> *On
> Behalf Of *Larry Levine
> *Sent:* Monday, August 6, 2018 8:37 PM
> *To:* 'Richard Winger' <richardwinger at yahoo.com>; 'Election Law Listserv'
> <law-election at uci.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [EL] 2016 pol. science book "Independent Politics"
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> Maybe it hasn’t received more attention because the findings, as you
> characterize them, have been know to political consultants for many, many
> years. It’s only pundits and some academics who get swept up in the
> “independent voter” syndrome. One of the largest sources of “independent”
> registration occurs in “motor voter” lines at the DMV among people who may
> buy into the “coolness” of being independent or get sucked in by the
> argument that there’s no difference between Democrats and Republicans or
> “they’re all a bunch of crooks.” In California, that produces and inflated
> registration in the American Independent Party, because it’s the only place
> on the registration card where the word “independent” appears. That’s the
> party founded by George Wallace eons ago, a distinction that is lost on the
> young voters who sign up for that party.
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> Larry
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> *From:* Law-election <law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu> *On
> Behalf Of *Richard Winger
> *Sent:* Monday, August 06, 2018 12:13 PM
> *To:* Election Law Listserv <law-election at uci.edu>
> *Subject:* [EL] 2016 pol. science book "Independent Politics"
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> I have just read "Independent Politics" by two young female political
> scientists, Samara Klar of U. of Az and Yanna Krupnikov of Stony Brook NY.
> It uses experiments to study people who say they are independent voters.
> The authors find that most people who say they are independents are really
> quite strong partisans of either major party, but they say they are
> independents because they perceive that it is more socially acceptable to
> say one is an independent.
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> The authors also find that these hidden partisans are just as eager for
> their own preferred major party to advance its goals without compromising.
> These hidden partisans who say they are independents are not into
> compromise.  Nor are they likely to be moderates.
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> I cannot understand why this book hasn't received more attention.  It came
> out in 2016.  I would enjoy hearing from people on this list who have an
> opinion about the book, or even an opinion about whether the book has been
> noticed by other academics in this field.  Thank you.
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