Statistical Sciences 2035 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Motivated Reasoning, The Plane Makers
16 Oct 2018
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The president is regarded as being john wayne, as having enormous power. The actual power of the president is constraint by supreme court, the congress and the bureaucracy. Idea was: seesaw idea of congress or presidents wins or loses. But it is rather water polo, all passing the ball trying to keep head above water. Often, presidents are not challenged frontally by congress but rather by powerful political alliances that. "bridge across the executive and legislative branches to alter, outflank, or subvert presidential policy. Because not majority agenda, e. g. the popular reagan. In sum, partisan endorsements matter in low polarization conditions when both parties present arguments of equivalent strength; substance wins out otherwise. Thus, parties do not always rule public opinion. However, substance becomes irrelevant and partisan cues win out when elites polarize. Polarization clearly plays a role in shaping how policy opinion formation works: it stimulates greater motivated reasoning.
