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		Overview	FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3 The level and extent of homogeneity and heterogeneity Panel One: 2:00 – 3:45pm – Yale/Princeton Room, Statler Hotel Cross-group Similarities in Public Opinion Peter Enns and Christopher Wlezien The Issue-Basis of Ideological Polarization Elizabeth Rigby and Gerald Wright Assessing the Ethnic/Racial Diversity of American Public Opinion Marisa Abrajano and Keith Poole Discussant: Chris Anderson Panel Two: 4:15 – 5:45pm – Yale/Princeton Room, Statler Hotel Americans’ Support for Equal Opportunity John Griffin Preference Variation in Voters, Non-Voters, and across Demographic Groups Jan Leighley and Jonathan Nagler Priming Patriots: How News Intensity and Evaluative Tone Affect Public Support for War Scott Althaus and Kevin Coe Discussant: Laura Stoker SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4 The causes of homogeneity and heterogeneity Panel Three: 9:00 – 10:45am – Yale/Princeton Room, Statler Hotel Behavioral Consequences of Geographic Polarization David Hopkins and Laura Stoker United we Divide? Heterogeneity in Mass Response to Elite Party Polarization Christopher Ellis and Joseph Ura Get Government Out of It: Heterogeneity of Government Skepticism and its connection to Economic Interests and Policy Preferences. Katherine Cramer Walsh Does Partisanship Cause Political Beliefs? A field experiment Alan Gerber and Greg Huber Discussant: Adam Berinsky Panel Four: 11:15 – 12:45pm – Yale/Princeton Room, Statler Hotel Campaigns and Polarization Richard Johnston and Emily Thorson Slicing and Dicing the Electorate: Heterogeneity and Campaign Strategy Michael Hagen and Robin Kolodny The size and duration of the effects of campaign advertising John Zaller Discussant: Sunshine Hillygus The policy consequences of homogeneity and heterogeneity Panel Five: 2:00 – 3:30pm – Yale/Princeton Room, Statler Hotel Segmented Representation: The Reagan White House and Disproportionate Responsiveness James N. Druckman and Lawrence R. Jacobs Homogeneity and Heterogeneity in Policy Responsiveness Stuart Soroka and Christopher Wlezien Discussant: Jeff Manza Panel Six: 3:45 – 5:30pm – Yale/Princeton Room, Statler Hotel How Poorly are the Poor Represented? Robert S. Erikson and Yosef Bhatti Interest Groups, Issue Publics, and Intractabilities: Limits to the Political Power of Affluent Americans Martin Gilens Discussant: Suzanne Mettler SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5 Continental Breakfast: 8:30 – 9:00am – Conference Foyer (outside Yale/Princeton Room), Statler Hotel Recapitulation and plans for the future Panel Seven: 9:00 – 10:45am Discussants: John Zaller and Jim Stimson
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Conference sponsored by the Russell Sage Foundation, Cornell University’s Institute for the Social Sciences, Cornell University’s Government Department, Cornell University’s Center for the Study of Inequality, and the Canadian Opinion Research Archive.