A conference on “The Origins and Consequences of Voters’ Perceptions of Parties” at Texas A&M University organized through the TAMU European Union Center by Guy Whitten, Laron Williams (University of Missouri), and Zeynep Somer Topcu (University of Texas). The conference papers will pe published in an special edition of the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties forthcoming.
This event took place October 26-27, 2023 starting at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center.
Conference Schedule:
Day 1 – October 26
1200 – Lunch
1300 – Welcome and opening remarks
1315 – Jae-Jae Spoon* and Jeffrey Nonnemacher
“All politics is local: How a party’s regional performance affects voters’ perceptions to parties’ positions”
1400 – Victor Shin and Laron K. Williams*
“The space between: How ideological similarity limits the effectiveness of the ambiguity strategy”
1445 – 1530 – Break
1530 – Debra Leiter* and Beth Vonnahme
“Are some parties scandal-proof? Party family, scandal exposure and party evaluations”
1615 – Gaurav Sood and Daniel Weitzel*
“Extreme recall: The effect of policy positions on candidate and party recognition”
1700 – Andrea Junqueira, Thiago Silva, Guy D. Whitten “Voter perceptions of party positions in Latin America”
1900 – Dinner at Casa do Brasil
Day 2 – October 27
0815 – Breakfast
0900 – Seonghui Lee
“Party of friends and foes: How people perceive inter-partisan relationships in multiparty systems”
0945 – Zeynep Somer-Topcu, Patrick Fournier and Ruth Dassonneville
“Comparative perceptual accuracy: How do respondents’ feelings toward parties affect their perceptual accuracy?”
1030 – Chris Wlezien*, James Adams, Simon Weschle, Timea Balogh, and Will Horne
“Elite interactions and voters’ perceptions of parties’ positions: Who responds?”
1115 – Closing Remarks
*presenter All presentations will take place in the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center Room 1017
