Robin M Wolpert
Biographic Data
| ID | 4386693 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robin M Wolpert |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robin M |
| FAMILY NAME | Wolpert |
| SIGNATURE | WOLPERT R M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Carolina |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 85 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Self-Interest, Symbolic Politics, and Public Attitudes Toward Gun Control
Information, Recall, and Accountability: The Electorate's Response to the Clarence Thomas Nomination
Opinion-Holding and Public Attitudes toward Controversial Supreme Court Nominees
Opinion-Holding and Public Attitudes Toward Controversial Supreme Court Nominees
This article explores the basis of opinion formation and public attitudes toward recent Supreme Court nominees. The high salience of several re cent Court nominations has transformed the selection process from an elite affair to one with a popular dimension. We develop a model of opinion-holding in response to the Rehnquist, Bork, Souter, and Thomas nominations. We find that education and having an opinion about the president are strongly associa…
Rationalizing Support and Opposition to Supreme Court Nominations: The Role of Credentials
An examination of public opinion polls regarding the Reagan and Bush nominations to the Supreme Court shows that a citizen's attitudes towards nominees are influenced by six factors: the level of controversy generated by a particular nomination, the citizen's overall political awareness, the citizen's partisan identification, the duration of the nomination process, and the citizen's race and gender. Particularly with controversial nominees, the p…
Self-Interest, Symbolic Politics, and Public Attitudes Toward Gun Control
Information, Recall, and Accountability: The Electorate's Response to the Clarence Thomas Nomination
Opinion-Holding and Public Attitudes Toward Controversial Supreme Court Nominees
This article explores the basis of opinion formation and public attitudes toward recent Supreme Court nominees. The high salience of several re cent Court nominations has transformed the selection process from an elite affair to one with a popular dimension. We develop a model of opinion-holding in response to the Rehnquist, Bork, Souter, and Thomas nominations. We find that education and having an opinion about the president are strongly associa…
Rationalizing Support and Opposition to Supreme Court Nominations: The Role of Credentials
An examination of public opinion polls regarding the Reagan and Bush nominations to the Supreme Court shows that a citizen's attitudes towards nominees are influenced by six factors: the level of controversy generated by a particular nomination, the citizen's overall political awareness, the citizen's partisan identification, the duration of the nomination process, and the citizen's race and gender. Particularly with controversial nominees, the p…
Rationalizing Support and Opposition to Supreme Court Nominations: The Role of Credentials
An examination of public opinion polls regarding the Reagan and Bush nominations to the Supreme Court shows that a citizen's attitudes towards nominees are influenced by six factors: the level of controversy generated by a particular nomination, the citizen's overall political awareness, the citizen's partisan identification, the duration of the nomination process, and the citizen's race and gender. Particularly with controversial nominees, the p…
Opinion-Holding and Public Attitudes toward Controversial Supreme Court Nominees
Opinion-Holding and Public Attitudes Toward Controversial Supreme Court Nominees
This article explores the basis of opinion formation and public attitudes toward recent Supreme Court nominees. The high salience of several re cent Court nominations has transformed the selection process from an elite affair to one with a popular dimension. We develop a model of opinion-holding in response to the Rehnquist, Bork, Souter, and Thomas nominations. We find that education and having an opinion about the president are strongly associa…
Information, Recall, and Accountability: The Electorate's Response to the Clarence Thomas Nomination
Self-Interest, Symbolic Politics, and Public Attitudes Toward Gun Control
Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Nomination (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Public opinion (3 works) · Supreme court (3 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (2 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (2 works)