▪ Abstract In recent years, volatility in the electoral fortunes of major political parties in
Western democracies has invigorated scholarly debate over the roles that parties play in the …

One of the critical questions in the debate about the concept of party identification is its
stability over time, particularly its stability relative to that of voting behavior. This article …

This article examines attitudes towards the two major political parties in the United States
from 1952 to 1980, using national election study data from open-ended likes/dislikes …

One of the most important measures of the nature of party‐based democracy is public
attachment to political parties. In a recent essay on the state of political parties in America …

The concept of party identification is widely thought to be of limited utility outside the United
States, where partisan attachments are regarded as unstable. The authors argue that …

The argument is presented for defining party identification by the root question,“Generally
speaking, do you usually think of yourself as a Republican, a Democrat, an independent, or …

▪ Abstract Are party identifications relatively fixed features on the political landscape in the
United States and elsewhere? If they are relatively fixed, do identifications move substantive …

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 …

A general observation about the political behavior of Americans is that their psychological
identification with one or the other of the major parties exerts a strong motivational influence …

The study of political parties and voter partisanship has come full circle in 4 decades. During
the 1960s and 1970s numerous scholars advanced the thesis of party decline, contending …