Conference
Program
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3
Informal Welcome: 1:30 – 2:00pm (coffee and drinks)
– Conference Foyer (outside Yale/Princeton Room), Statler
Hotel
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
Reception: 6:00 – 7:30pm (drinks and snacks served)
– Taylor Room, Statler Hotel
Dinner for participants: 7:30pm – 9:30pm –
Rowe Room, Statler Hotel
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4
Continental Breakfast: 8:30 – 9:00am – Conference
Foyer (outside Yale/Princeton Room), Statler Hotel
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
Lunch: 12:45 – 2:00pm – Big Red Barn
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
Dinner for participants: 8:00pm –
Za Za’s Cucina Restaurant, 622 Cascadilla Street, Ithaca
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
Lunch: 11:30am – 12:30pm –
Big Red Barn
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