Church or state? Reassessing how religion shapes impressions of candidate positions

The literature largely assumes that a candidate’s religious affiliation sends signals about his or her ideological leanings and policy preferences. We contend that prior works have not sufficiently accounted for the effects of the party label. Using an original experimental design that manipulates b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Elizabeth N. Simas, Adam L. Ozer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-06-01
Series:Research & Politics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168017716548