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10-08-2017 , 04:21 PM

Black Peter

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Just to be clear, i'm not here to state a position or debate that position. I am simply looking for some research articles.

I imagine that Reps would be more likely to support green projects as long as Reps are proposing and building them. The same for Dems when Dems are in charge.

Example: If a Dem-controlled legislature is proposing a new green project (e.g. solar wind powered courthouse), i would imagine that Dems would largely support it, but Reps would hate on it. However, if the same project was proposed by Reps, then i would imagine that Reps would be more on board (although probably still not as much as Dems). It would seem likely be vice versa for Dems, etc.

I hope i've described it clearly. I'm happy to clarify if needed.

So... does anyone know of any actual research studies in PolySci or Psych that has looked at this possible effect?

10-08-2017 , 06:33 PM

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I mean, we know for a fact Republicans will instantly shift their beliefs en masse thanks to Donald Trump. Remember how support for Putin went up like 50 percentage points the night trump became the nominee? Suddenly hating Putin was out, like literally overnight.

You’ll note that the same thing is happening with deficit spending, concern over politicians who lie or cheat or rape, etc.

10-08-2017 , 07:10 PM

Black Peter

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Originally Posted by Noodle Wazlib

Right, i don't disagree, but are there any research studies that have shown this? I'm looking mainly for peer-reviewed articles, etc. I'm interested in reading them, and i can't find anything in the library. But it's not my area, so maybe i'm looking in the wrong places. So i figured i'd ask here since there are a lot of folks here tuned into this field.

10-08-2017 , 08:00 PM

Loki

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Google scholar?

10-08-2017 , 08:52 PM

Black Peter

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Originally Posted by Noodle Wazlib

Google scholar?

Yeah, been down there and all through the library indexes. Can't find much on this, which surprises me.

10-08-2017 , 10:11 PM

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HuffPo/YouGov ran a survey aimed at this sort of question in 2015, but not specific to green projects.

Also not specific to green projects, this 2003 study looks interesting. See the methods section for study 1 which involves presenting participants with policy options and telling some of them that a policy is supported by Democrats and others that it is supported by Republicans:

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Participants were randomly assigned to one of two versions of the welfare policy report. The “generous policy” version offered almost $800 per month to a family with one child, an extra $200 for each additional child, full medical insurance, $2,000 in food stamps, extra subsidies for housing and day care, a job training program, and 2 years of paid tuition at a community college…. By contrast, the “stringent policy” version provided only $250 per month and $50 per additional child. It offered only partial medical insurance, and imposed a lifetime limit of 1.5 years without the possibility of reinstating aid….

Regardless of whether the policy was generous or stringent, liberal participants supported it if told that Democrats supported it and they opposed it if told that Democrats opposed it. Likewise, conservative participants supported the policy if told that Republicans supported it and opposed it if told Republicans opposed it. By contrast, policy content had no direct effect for either partisan group; the relevant interaction involving participant ideology and policy content was not significant.

10-09-2017 , 06:41 AM

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Thanks, well named!

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