Early electoral research in the United States discovered the most important concept in the
study of political behavior: party identification. Party identification is a long-term, affective …

This article uses data from the 1952-2004 American National Election Studies and the 2004
US National Exit Poll to compare the influence of ideology and membership in social groups …

Despite the centrality of party identification in understandings of political behavior in the
United States, there is an unacknowledged disparity between our theories and …

Partisanship is strongly correlated with attitudes and behavior, but it is unclear from this
pattern whether partisan identity has a causal effect on political behavior and attitudes. We …

Party identification is known to influence almost all aspects of political life. How this
attachment develops across the adult life cycle, however, remains unknown. I argue that …

Partisanship continues to divide Americans. Using data from the American National Election
Study, as well as implicit attitude tests, we argue that Americans' partisan identity has …

This article investigates the presence of widely recognized images of the two major political
parties, using the Center for Political Studies'(CPS) open-ended questions on party likes and …

We argue that the factors shaping the impact of partisanship on vote choice—“partisan
voting”—depend on the nature of party identification. Because party identification is partly …

This article examines the influence that state party registration laws have on individual-level
party attachments. It tests the hypothesis that individuals living in states with party …

This article presents a model of individuals' party identification that contrasts with previous
models. Past models, with the few recent exceptions noted, assume a hierarchical …