George W Bush and the Evangelicals

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Appendix C: Estimates of Measurement and Structural Parameters from the Models of Belief Orthodoxy, Policy Issues, and Bush Traits on Evangelical Party Identification, 2000-2004 High-Commitment Evangelicals Low-Commitment Evangelicals Coef. Std. Error Coef. Std. Error Measurement Coefficients Moral and Cultural Issue Attitudes Abortion Homosexual adoption Homosexual discrimination laws Homosexuals in the military Partial-birth abortion Women’s role Adjust moral behavior to changing world Newer lifestyles contribute to breakdown of society More tolerant of people with different moral standards Fewer problems if emphasis on traditional family ties 1.000 1.433 1.487 1.399 0.608 0.725 0.839 0.628 0.569 1.292 0.291 0.326 0.318 0.216 0.193 0.169 0.213 0.111 0.260 1.000 2.655 2.034 1.457 0.515 0.808 1.030 0.266 0.617 0.630 0.637 0.502 0.384 0.267 0.227 0.286 0.226 0.184 0.215 Social Welfare Issue Attitudes Government services/spending a Government health insurance plan Govt. provide jobs/standard of living Spending on child care Spending on social security Spending to help the poor Aid to blacks 1.093 0.942 1.000 1.292 0.852 1.151 0.497 0.143 0.150 0.183 0.145 0.164 0.115 0.863 0.759 1.000 0.802 0.578 0.832 0.404 0.122 0.131 0.130 0.105 0.129 0.111 Bush Traits Moral Strong leader Cares about people like me Knowledgeable Intelligent Dishonest 1.000 1.195 1.299 0.981 0.977 0.816 0.104 0.117 0.091 0.090 0.119 1.000 1.193 1.274 1.040 0.869 0.779 0.125 0.135 0.121 0.112 0.123
High-Commitment Evangelicals Low-Commitment Evangelicals Coef. Std. Error Coef. Std. Error Structural Coefficients Effects on Moral and Cultural Issue Attitudes Year 2004 Age Sex South Education Income View of the Bible -0.146 0.003 -0.103 -0.029 0.026 0.012 0.300 0.049 0.001 0.047 0.043 0.014 0.004 0.072 -0.080 0.003 -0.090 0.089 -0.040 0.012 0.143 0.042 0.001 0.043 0.043 0.015 0.004 0.046 Effects on Social Welfare Issue Attitudes Year 2004 Age Sex South Education Income View of the Bible -0.198 0.003 -0.089 0.038 -0.069 0.019 0.073 0.055 0.002 0.054 0.052 0.018 0.005 0.065 -0.265 0.006 -0.119 0.006 0.033 0.029 0.021 0.066 0.002 0.064 0.062 0.021 0.006 0.056 Effects on Defense Spending Attitudes Year 2004 Age Sex South Education Income View of the Bible 0.062 -0.003 -0.183 0.202 -0.027 -0.000 0.064 0.065 0.002 0.066 0.065 0.020 0.006 0.081 0.066 0.007 -0.033 0.150 0.011 -0.002 0.099 0.069 0.002 0.071 0.069 0.023 0.006 0.063 Effects on Bush Traits Year 2004 Age Sex South Education Income View of the Bible Moral and Cultural Issue Attitudes Social Welfare Issue Attitudes Defense Spending Attitudes 0.149 -0.003 0.176 0.060 0.009 0.005 0.117 0.447 0.161 0.236 0.052 0.001 0.051 0.047 0.016 0.005 0.068 0.141 0.088 0.058 0.097 -0.002 0.107 0.023 0.015 -0.005 0.096 0.236 0.307 0.221 0.057 0.002 0.055 0.053 0.018 0.005 0.051 0.159 0.096 0.063 Effects on Party Identification Year 2004 Age Sex South Education Income View of the Bible Moral and Cultural Issue Attitudes Social Welfare Issue Attitudes Defense Spending Attitudes Bush Traits 0.105 -0.015 -0.092 -0.295 0.116 0.006 -0.386 0.703 1.552 0.191 2.429 0.281 0.007 0.276 0.245 0.082 0.024 0.354 0.683 0.485 0.319 0.518 0.823 -0.016 -0.300 -0.040 0.171 -0.028 0.041 0.715 1.265 0.548 2.641 0.235 0.007 0.223 0.212 0.072 0.022 0.206 0.633 0.405 0.264 0.438 Source: 2000-2004 National Election Studies (pooled) Note: Estimates computed by full-information maximum likelihood, correcting for measurement error in all observed indicators, with Amos 4.0.
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