Princeton University Details Findings in Political Science (Attitude Responsiveness and Partisan Bias: Direct Experience with the Affordable Care Act)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Politics & Government Week -- Investigators discuss new findings in Political Science. According to news reporting from Princeton, New Jersey, by VerticalNews editors, the research stated, "This study evaluates the competing influences of motivated reasoning and personal experience on policy preferences toward the Affordable Care Act. Using cross-sectional and panel survey data, the findings reveal that healthcare attitudes are responsive to information that individuals receive through personal experience."

Financial support for this research came from Center for the Study of Democratic Politics, Princeton University (US).

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Princeton University, "Individuals who experienced a positive change in their insurance situation are found to express more positive views toward the health reform law, while individuals who lost their insurance or experienced an otherwise negative personal impact on their insurance situations express more negative views. The results point to personal experience as a source of information that can influence individuals' preferences. However, although attitudes are responsive to the quality of one's personal interactions with the healthcare system, the results also suggest that partisan bias is still at work. Republicans are more likely to blame the health reform law for negative changes in their health insurance situations, while Democrats are more likely to credit the law for positive changes in their situations."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "These motivated attributions for their personal situations temper how responsive partisans' attitudes are to information acquired through personal experience."

For more information on this research see: Attitude Responsiveness and Partisan Bias: Direct Experience with the Affordable Care Act. Political Behavior, 2016;38(4):861-882. Political Behavior can be contacted at: Springer, Plenum Publishers, 233 Spring St, New York, NY 10013, USA. (Springer - www.springer.com; Political Behavior - www.springerlink.com/content/0190-9320/)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting K.T. McCabe, Princeton University, Dept. of Polit, Princeton, NJ 08544, United States.

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