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Stimson, James. "Macro-Politics: The Dimensions and Dynamics of Public Opinion" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia Marriott Hotel, Philadelphia, PA, Aug 27, 2003 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p63497_index.html>

Stimson, J. , 2003-08-27 "Macro-Politics: The Dimensions and Dynamics of Public Opinion" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia Marriott Hotel, Philadelphia, PA Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p63497_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: In this paper I expand the Issue Evolution theory of Carmines and Stimson (1989) in two directions. First I expand it to two newer issue conflicts than the racial case of the original. Then I use issue evolution---and some assumptions about two-party politics---to produce a conclusion about the expected dimensionality of the issue space in American politics. That conclusion, that the expected number of dimensions is one plus the residue of not fully evolved issues, predicts the weak two dimensional solution that emerges from analysis of the dynamics of the issue space (public policy mood). A second major analysis begins with the discrepancy between operational and symbolic ideology, locating a very large proportion of the electorate which is operationally liberal and symbolically conservative. I argue that these ``conflicted conservatives''---available as voters to both parties---provide the key dynamic for change of American election outcomes.

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