Doctoral Dissertation Research in Political Science
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The study of electoral behavior occupys a prominent place in research           on American political behavior.  However, very little attention has             been directed toward assessing the role an individual's own views play          in assessing a candidate's position, when the candidate has not made            that position clear.  This Doctoral Dissertation Research project               provides support for an investigation of the extent to which                    individuals project their own political views onto candidates who               resort to generalities and inconsistent statements in their campaign            messages.                                                                                                                                                       Using an experimental design framework, this research examines the              relationship between the ambiguity of candidate issue positions and             individual projections.  Do people project their own views onto an              ambiguous candidate?  If so, what mechanism underlies this process?             And does this mechanism suggest that candidates can garner more                 favorable images by being ambiguous?  The answers to these questions            will contribute to our understanding of electoral politics, as more             explicit links will be drawn between voter evaluations and candidate            qualities.  In particular, this research will help delineate (a) the            extent to and conditions under which voters will project their own              views onto a candidate, and (b) the extent to which a candidate can             manage his/her impression among voters by being ambiguous about his/her         policy positions.
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{'Code': '1371', 'Text': 'Political Science'}
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