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Nonpartisans as False Negatives: The Mismeasurement of Party Identification in Public Opinion Surveys

Andy Baker,Ìý91³Ô¹ÏÍø;ÌýLucio Renno,ÌýUniversity of Brasília

Published: May 21, 2019

Abstract:

We argue that most survey measures of partisanship are misclassifying many respondents as nonpartisans. Common wordings, especially those in major cross-national surveys,