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What Moves Macropartisanship? A Response to Green, Palmquist, and Schickler

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  • Erikson, Robert S.
  • Mackuen, Michael B.
  • Stimson, James A.

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Contrary to the claim by Green, Palmquist, and Schickler (1998), macropartisanship is largely shaped by presidential approval and consumer sentiment. It is not the case, however, that macropartisanship mirrors the ever-changing levels of current presidential popularity and prosperity. Rather, macropartisanship reflects the cumulation of political and economic news that shapes approval and consumer sentiment. Using ECM technology, we show that, far from being the weak force that Green et al. suggest, the cumulation of innovations in presidential approval and consumer sentiment largely account for the long-term trends in macropartisanship. For forecasting macropartisanship in the near future, it is better to predict from the fundamentals represented by the history of approval and consumer sentiment up to a given moment than from current values of macropartisanship itself.

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  • Erikson, Robert S. & Mackuen, Michael B. & Stimson, James A., 1998. "What Moves Macropartisanship? A Response to Green, Palmquist, and Schickler," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 92(4), pages 901-912, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:92:y:1998:i:04:p:901-912_21
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    1. Donald P. Green, 2013. "Breaking Empirical Deadlocks in the Study of Partisanship: An Overview of Experimental Research Strategies," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 1(1), pages 6-15.
    2. Alan S. Gerber & Gregory A. Huber, 2010. "Partisanship, Political Control, and Economic Assessments," American Journal of Political Science, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 54(1), pages 153-173, January.
    3. Gary C. Jacobson, 2016. "The Obama Legacy and the Future of Partisan Conflict," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 667(1), pages 72-91, September.

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