2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Sunday, April 6-10:00 am
Disc.
Donald David Arthur Schaefer, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
don7@myuw.net
21-14 IDEOLOGY, PARTIES, AND PARTISANSHIP
Room Salon 2 on the 3rd Floor, Sun at 10:00 am
Chair Francis Neely, San Francisco State University
fneely@sfsu.edu
Paper Ideology, Identity, and Partisanship
Explores how political ideology functions as a group social
identification. Uses Social Identity Theory to better illuminate
the relationship between ideology and issue positions and the
relationship between ideology and partisanship.
Steven Greene, North Carolina State University
steven.greene@ncsu.edu
Melinda Jackson, San Jose State University
mjackson@email.sjsu.edu
Kyle Saunders, Colorado State University
Kyle.Saunders@ColoState.EDU
Paper Ideological Asymmetries in the American Party System
Finds that Republican partisans are more likely to share the
political outlook of their party than Democratic partisans. Traces
implications for theories of party policy reputations, party signals,
and the dimensional structure of public opinion.
Paul M. Sniderman, Stanford University
paulms@stanford.edu
Michael Tomz, Stanford University
tomz@stanford.edu
Robert P. Van Houweling, University of California, Berkeley
rpvh@berkeley.edu
Paper Bias in Perceptions of Political Knowledge
This paper examines the characteristics of individuals that make
them appear to know more about politics than they actually do and
explores possible reasons for these biases.
John B. Ryan, University of California, Davis
jbrryan@ucdavis.edu
Disc. Francis Neely, San Francisco State University
fneely@sfsu.edu
23-7 E-CAMPAIGNING: MOVING THE BATTLEFIELD
Room Honore on the Lobby Level, Sun at 10:00 am
Chair Marilyn Yaquinto, Truman State University
yaquinto@truman.edu
Paper Professionalization in E-Campaigning A Longitudinal Analysis
from Germany
In which way is e-campaigning affected by processes of political
professionalization This paper addresses this question through a
longitudinal structure and content analysis of German party Web
sites in the 2002 and 2005 National Elections.
Eva Johanna Schweitzer, University of Mainz
eva.schweitzer@uni-mainz.de
Paper The Use of Email by 1st and 2nd Tier Candidates in the 2008
Primaries
This paper examines the strategies that campaigns are adopting
to make use of e-mail to contact potential supporters, focusing on
differences between “first tier” and “second tier” candidates in each
field.
Joseph D. Giammo, University of Arkansas, Little Rock
jdgiammo@ualr.edu
Paper Web Campaigning by Presidential Candidates 2007-2008
This paper examines the election campaign websites of candidates
running for President of the United States in both the Democratic
and Republican parties in 2007.
Joe Gaziano, Lewis University
gazianoj@lewisu.edu
Laurette Liesen, Lewis University
liesenla@lewisu.edu
Paper
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Disc.
Prospects for Prospective Voting: The Policy Content of
Campaign Websites
This study evaluates if campaign websites can provide voters with
substantive information about the policy positions of candidates. We
develop an informativeness index and examine how it varies across
candidates and factors that influence it.
Milena I. Neshkova, Indiana University
mneshkov@indiana.edu
Brendan Carroll, Indiana University
bjcarrol@indiana.edu
The Virtual Campaign: How Presidential Candidates Employ
Electronic Mail
This paper analyzes presidential campaigns' electronic mail during
the 2004 and 2008 nomination cycles. It examines e-mail both for
content and for "interactivity," i.e. the quantity of weblinks the e-
mail provides.
Dante J. Scala, University of New Hampshire
dante.scala@unh.edu
Brian K. Arbour, John Jay College, CUNY
barbour@jjay.cuny.edu
24-8 EFFECTS OF ELECTORAL RULES ON
PARTICIPATION
Room Suite 9-150 on the 9th Floor, Sun at 10:00 am
Chair David Brockington, University of Plymouth
david.brockington@plymouth.ac.uk
Paper America's Dynamic Population and the Future of Congressional
Representation
This paper examines how immigration and population change in the
U.S. wil affect representation in the U.S. Congress.
Jane Junn, Rutgers University
junn@rci.rutgers.edu
Marika Dunn, Rutgers University
mdunn@eden.rutgers.edu
Paper Doubly Bound Revisited: The Participatory Effects of
Descriptive Representation
This paper breaks new ground by exploring whether descriptive
representatives stimulate greater political participation among
constituents, and in particular by comparing such effects across and
between race and gender.
Porsha Cropper, Harvard University
pcropper@fas.harvard.edu
Shauna L. Shames, Harvard University
shames@fas.harvard.edu
Paper The Effects of Registration Deadlines and Election Day
Registration
This paper considers the impact of deadlines and Election Day
registration on county-level turnout and registration rates.
Greg Vonnahme, Rice University
gvonnahm@rice.edu
Paper Changing the Rules: Institutional Change and Voter Turnout
The paper develops a theory of the dynamic effects of institutional
change on information levels and turnout. We test the theory with
Comparative Study of Electoral Systems data from 50 elections in
more than 30 countries using multilevel techniques.
Gregory Love, University of California, Davis
gjlove@ucdavis.edu
Ryan E. Carlin, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
rcarlin@email.unc.edu
Disc. David Brockington, University of Plymouth
david.brockington@plymouth.ac.uk
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