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Implicit Political Identity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2013

Alexander George Theodoridis
Alexander George Theodoridis*
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University of California, Merced
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It is easy enough to rattle off numerous categories of social identities long of interest to political behavior scholars—race, sex, state or nation, party, ideology, social class, etc. But, a precise definition and measurement strategy for examining these identities is more elusive. This article discusses the conceptual foundations of a recently developed approach to measuring identity and focuses on its specific application as a new measure of partisanship in the United States.

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Symposium: Implicit Attitudes in Political Science Research
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 46 , Issue 3 , July 2013 , pp. 545 - 549
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2013 

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