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Ideology, Party and the Creation of the Anti-Slavery Coalition
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For the 20th century, I use publications that continue to be published since the 1800s (such as Harper’s
and the Atlantic) as well as other significant political publications. Publications studied include The
Atlantic Monthly, The American Whig Review, The Galaxy, Human Events, Harper’s Monthly, The
International Monthly, The Nation, The National Review, The New Republic, The New York Times The
New-Englander, The North American Review, The United States Democratic Review, the Wall Street
Journal and The Washington Post. For the current paper, it is convenient that two publications, The
American Whig Review and The United Stated Democratic Review are strongly associated with each
party.
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Data were collected by the author and a team of undergraduate researchers.
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For each opinion
article, researchers recorded the author, source and the issue(s) on which an opinion was taken, and what
position (for or against) was taken. Articles were coded for all positions taken in them, which in most
cases was more than one. Researchers also wrote a detailed abstract of the article. Articles include
unsigned editorials for each publication, which are attributed to the “editorial board” of the publication. I
reviewed each article code, checking it against the abstract, and in some cases, against the original article.
A subset of articles (about half) were double-coded to confirm the reliability of each coder. In data
analyzed so far, only once have two coders concluded that the same article took opposite positions on an
issue.
The data analyzed in this paper are from publications in the calendar year of 1850, with a few
exceptions for journals that begin publication shortly after 1850. Data from those publications was
supplemented by direct searches on the names of all writers to capture articles written shortly before or
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The data collection will continue. I solicit suggestions for more publications to include.
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With some exceptions, researchers took a course on political ideas in American history, and data collection was
part of their grade. Students applied to take the course, and only students with excellent academic records were allowed in. The following students participated in the project: Adriana Ahumada, Lauren Burt, MacKenzie Canniff, Glen Hai Chen, Faith Christensen, Laura Claster, Jeff David, Patricia Daza, Chelsea Ehrke, Jon English, Jeremy Evans, Christine Fogle, Cristina Grant, Michael Gross, Helen Gurfinkel, Daniel Gutenplan, Lisa Hathaway, Blake Holland, Jeff Hollis, Lance C. Huang, Tiffany Hwong, Suneal Kolluri, Sean Kolodji, Patrick Lam, Camilla Liou, Jessica MacKenzie, Keith Martin, Katie Mason, Daniel Miller, Alli Nash, Doug Nichols, Tina Park, Erika Raney, Justin Scott, Matt Schupbach, Matt Seibert, Shawna Spoor, Kevin Thelan, Mike Tiernay, Mary Vardazarian, Naya Villarreal, Minh-Tam Vuong, Cynthia Wang, Rachel Ward, and Mike Wendland.
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For the 20th century, I use publications that continue to be published since the 1800s (such as Harper’s
and the Atlantic) as well as other significant political publications. Publications studied include The
Atlantic Monthly, The American Whig Review, The Galaxy, Human Events, Harper’s Monthly, The
International Monthly, The Nation, The National Review, The New Republic, The New York Times The
New-Englander, The North American Review, The United States Democratic Review, the Wall Street
Journal and The Washington Post. For the current paper, it is convenient that two publications, The
American Whig Review and The United Stated Democratic Review are strongly associated with each
party.
Data were collected by the author and a team of undergraduate researchers.
For each opinion
article, researchers recorded the author, source and the issue(s) on which an opinion was taken, and what
position (for or against) was taken. Articles were coded for all positions taken in them, which in most
cases was more than one. Researchers also wrote a detailed abstract of the article. Articles include
unsigned editorials for each publication, which are attributed to the “editorial board” of the publication. I
reviewed each article code, checking it against the abstract, and in some cases, against the original article.
A subset of articles (about half) were double-coded to confirm the reliability of each coder. In data
analyzed so far, only once have two coders concluded that the same article took opposite positions on an
issue.
The data analyzed in this paper are from publications in the calendar year of 1850, with a few
exceptions for journals that begin publication shortly after 1850. Data from those publications was
supplemented by direct searches on the names of all writers to capture articles written shortly before or
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The data collection will continue. I solicit suggestions for more publications to include.
9
With some exceptions, researchers took a course on political ideas in American history, and data collection was
part of their grade. Students applied to take the course, and only students with excellent academic records were
allowed in. The following students participated in the project: Adriana Ahumada, Lauren Burt, MacKenzie Canniff,
Glen Hai Chen, Faith Christensen, Laura Claster, Jeff David, Patricia Daza, Chelsea Ehrke, Jon English, Jeremy
Evans, Christine Fogle, Cristina Grant, Michael Gross, Helen Gurfinkel, Daniel Gutenplan, Lisa Hathaway, Blake
Holland, Jeff Hollis, Lance C. Huang, Tiffany Hwong, Suneal Kolluri, Sean Kolodji, Patrick Lam, Camilla Liou,
Jessica MacKenzie, Keith Martin, Katie Mason, Daniel Miller, Alli Nash, Doug Nichols, Tina Park, Erika Raney,
Justin Scott, Matt Schupbach, Matt Seibert, Shawna Spoor, Kevin Thelan, Mike Tiernay, Mary Vardazarian, Naya
Villarreal, Minh-Tam Vuong, Cynthia Wang, Rachel Ward, and Mike Wendland.
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