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Partisanship Over Time: A Comparison of United States Panel Data
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Partisanship Over Time: A Comparison of United States Panel Data

Tom W Rice and Tracey A Hilton
Political research quarterly, Vol.49(1), pp.191-201
03/1996
DOI: 10.1177/106591299604900112

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Abstract

In this article we examine five multi-wave panels to assess the stability of party identification over different lengths of time. Our findings indicate that many people do change their place on the NES seven-point partisanship scale on a frequent basis, but that most do not move very far. What is perhaps most interesting is that the respondents in a short ten-month NES panel were almost as likely to change their partisanship as the interviewees in panels that spanned much longer periods.

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