Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (2)

Partisan bias in opinion formation on episodes of political controversy: evidence from Great Britain (2014)
Journal Article
Wagner, M., Tarlov, J., & Vivyan, N. (2014). Partisan bias in opinion formation on episodes of political controversy: evidence from Great Britain. Political Studies, 62(1), 136-158. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9248.2012.01002.x

Voters form judgements about political controversies through a process of motivated reasoning driven by two goals: the desire to reach an objectively accurate conclusion (accuracy) and the desire to reach a conclusion congruent with pre-existing view... Read More about Partisan bias in opinion formation on episodes of political controversy: evidence from Great Britain.