2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Thursday, April 3-8:00 am
Paper
Paper
Disc.
Motivated Partisans and Perceptions of the Fairness of Negative
Advertising
This paper explores the origins of perceptions of the fairness of
negative advertising. We examine the process behind partisans
viewing criticism of their own candidate as unfair and criticism of
his/her opponent as fair.
Daniel Stevens, University of Exeter
d.p.stevens@exeter.ac.uk
Barbara Allen, Carleton College
ballen@carleton.edu
John Sullivan, University of Minnesota
jsull@polisci.umn.edu
The Affect of Incidental Affect and Deliberation on Candidate
Perceptions
This paper focuses on the automatic cognitive processes that are
employed when people learn new information about a candidate and
how the automatic processes influence subsequent, down-stream
reasoning.
Brad Verhulst, Stony Brook University
bverhulst@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
Milton Lodge, Stony Brook University
mlodge@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
Charles S. Taber, Stony Brook University
ctaber@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
Eileen Braman, Indiana University
ebraman@indiana.edu
Beth Miller, University of Missouri, Kansas City
millerel@umkc.edu
22-6 CANDIDATE CHARACTERISTICS AND VOTE
CHOICE
Room Salon 2 on the 3rd Floor, Thur at 8:00 am
Chair Beth Ginsberg, Baruch College - CUNY
beyla@aol.com
Paper Political Stereotyping of Religious Groups in American Politics
An analysis of the political stereotypes Americans hold of
Evangelicals, Jews, Catholics and Protestants.
Monika L. McDermott, University of Connecticut
monika.mcdermott@uconn.edu
Paper Determinants of Voter Perceptions of Candidate Personal
Traits, 1992-2004
Our research focuses on the determinants of respondent perceptions
of the personal characteristics of presidential candidates and how
these influences vary across different parts of the electorate. The
paper covers the 1992 through 2004 elections.
David B. Holian, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
dbholian@uncg.edu
Charles Prysby, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
prysby@uncg.edu
Paper African American's Voting Choice and Turnout: Who is Going
to Represent Us
Given the fact that racial issues are the primarily voting issue for
African Americans, is turnout rate of black higher when a black
candidate is on the ballet Are they willing to vote for non-black
candidates based on issue voting
Hyung Lae Park, Jackson State University
hyung.l.park@jsums.edu
Paper The Influence of Name Sounds in the Presidential Primaries of
2008
This paper will report on how much predictive effect, if any, the
sounds of surnames, as measured by an linguistic model previously
tested in general elections, might have in this year’s presidential
primaries with multiple candidates.
Grant Smith, Eastern Washington University
gsmith@ewu.edu
Disc.
Vincent L. Hutchings, University of Michigan
vincenth@umich.edu
Beth Ginsberg, Baruch College - CUNY
beyla@aol.com
25-14 ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE WAR ON TERROR
Room Suite 8-254 on the 8th Floor, Thur at 8:00 am
Chair Donald Michael Gooch, Arkansas Tech University
dgooch1@atu.edu
Paper Terrorism, Trust, and Civil Liberties: Europe and USA
How does people's willingness to trade off civil liberties for greater
security correlate with concern about future terrorist attacks and the
level of political trust Why do these relationships differ between
the USA and most European countries
Brian D. Silver, Michigan State University
bsilver@msu.edu
Paper The Impact of Graphic Television News Coverage on Opinions
of War
This paper examines the extent to which graphic television news
coverage of war impacted affective evaluations of foreign policy
during the Vietnam War, Gulf War and current war in Iraq.
Jennifer Ogg Anderson, Vanderbilt University
jennifer.l.ogg@vanderbilt.edu
Paper Examing the Terror Exception: Terrorism and Commitments to
Civil Liberties
Since the September 11 attacks, some Americans have been willing
to endure restrictions on civil liberties to facilitate anti-terror
policies. This paper assesses whether this willingness represents a
response to terror or a more general phenomenon.
Jeffery J. Mondak, University of Illinois
jmondak@uiuc.edu
Jon Hurwitz, University of Pittsburgh
hurwitz@pitt.edu
Paper The Partisan Divide: Torture and the War on Terror
This paper examines the partisan divide on issues relating to torture
and the War on terror using public opinion data.
Mary R. Anderson, Urban Child Institute
mcranderson@yahoo.com
David L. Richards, University of Memphis
drich1@memphis.edu
Disc. Donald Michael Gooch, Arkansas Tech University
dgooch1@atu.edu
25-20 PUBLIC OPINION ON RACE AND IMMIGRATION
Room Suite 11-250 on the 11th Floor, Thur at 8:00 am
Chair Nicholas John Garrett Winter, University of Virginia
nwinter@virginia.edu
Paper The Controversy Over Question 2 and Ending Bilingual
Education in Massachusetts: The Public Discourse, Why It
Passed, and What We Can Learn From It
This paper provides a conceptual framework for the ideological
debates surrounding Question 2, which ended bilingual education in
Massachusetts. It examines contributions in the public discourse to
determine how public policy is often shaped.
Camille Fitzpatrick Markey, Boston College
fitzpace@bc.edu
Paper The Dynamics of the Racial Divide in Public Opinion
This paper explores the causal dynamics of the racial gap in public
opinion. While previous research is mostly cross-sectional, I show
that economic, political, and policy outputs drive changes in white
and black public opinion over time.
Christopher L. Anderson, Texas A&M University
canderson@polisci.tamu.edu
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