Gregory E Mcavoy
Biographic Data
| ID | 4393263 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gregory E Mcavoy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gregory E |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcavoy |
| SIGNATURE | MCAVOY G E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 188 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Can Debate and Deliberation Reduce Partisan Divisions? Evidence from a Study of High School Students
This paper presents findings from a study of high school students (N = 165) engaged in discussions of controversial political issues within Close Up Washington’s civic education program. We report findings from pre- and post surveys to investigate how the group’s views about the issues were affected by the discussion strategy they experienced. We compare two strategies: a deliberative small group activity and a team debate. We find that the delib…
Collective Political Rationality: Partisan Thinking and Why It's Not All Bad
Amidst the polarization of contemporary politics, partisan loyalties among citizens are regarded as one contributor to political stalemate. Partisan loyalties lead Democrats and Republicans to look at the same economic information but to come to strikingly different conclusions about the state of the economy and the performance of the president in managing it. As a result, many observers argue that democratic politics would work better if citizen…
The Consequences of Partisanship in Economic Perceptions
Journal Article The Consequences of Partisanship in Economic Perceptions Get access Peter K. Enns, Peter K. Enns * Peter K. Enns is an Assistant Professor of Government at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. Paul M. Kellstedt is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA. Gregory E. McAvoy is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensbor…
The Role of Partisanship in Aggregate Opinion
Polls and Elections Using Approval of the President's Handling of the Economy to Understand Who Polarizes and Why
The authors utilize data from nearly 200 surveys conducted during the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush administrations to evaluate whose presidential evaluations polarize and why. Specifically, assessments of the president's handling of the economy among high‐, middle‐, and low‐education Democrats, independents, and Republicans are considered. The authors find only weak evidence that education moderates partisan evaluations of the president. Throu…
Substance versus Style: Distinguishing Presidential Job Performance from Favorability
Although much of the systematic, over‐time research on the presidency has focused on presidential approval and how it varies in response to economic conditions and world events, there is growing interest in the impact that the public's character evaluations of the president can have on presidential approval. In an age when “image is everything,” it is important to understand how these character evaluations of the president vary over time and to a…
Stability and Change: The Time Varying Impact of Economic and Foreign Policy Evaluations on Presidential Approval
Most researchers studying presidential approval with time series analysis assume that foreign and economic policy have a time-invariant weight in citizens’ judgments of presidential performance. However, those studying presidential approval in cross-sectional analysis find that the weight of foreign and economic policy on job performance fluctuates as news about these issues changes. These competing views can be incorporated into a model of ratio…
Controversial Project Siting: State Policy Instruments and Flexibility
What Presidents Talk about: The Nixon Case
Aside from the much‐analyzed State of the Union addresses and other major speeches, existing research tells us little about which issues presidents emphasize in their public rhetoric, how they do it, why, and with what effects. This article closely analyzes the public rhetoric of Richard Nixon over his entire presidency. The first section catalogs key characteristics of Nixon's rhetoric that confirm central expectations of the modern “public pres…
Measurement Models for Time Series Analysis: Estimating Dynamic Linear Errors-in-Variables Models
This article uses state space modeling and Kalman filtering to estimate a dynamic linear errors-in-variables model with random measurement error in both the dependent and independent variables. I begin with a general description of the dynamic errors-in-variables model, translate it into state space form, and show how it can be estimated via the Kalman filter. I report the results of a simulation in which the amount of random measurement error is…
Partisan Probing and Democratic Decisionmaking Rethinking the Nimby Syndrome
In this paper, I focus on Minnesota's unsuccessful attempt to site a hazardous waste stabilization and containment facility, but argue that this should not be seen as another siting failure due to irrational and self‐interested citizens who subverted a well‐conceived and essential disposal facility, Through a detailed comparison of citizen and elite claims about the facility, I show that many of the sources of disagreement between citizens and si…
State Autonomy & Democratic Accountability: The Politics of Hazardous Waste Policy
This article explores the nature and extent of state autonomy and democratic accountability through a case study of Minnesota's attempt, from the late 1970s to 1990, to site a hazardous waste disposal facility. The study focuses in particular on the development of elite policy networks and efforts by citizens to control them. Drawing upon the distinction between state autonomy and capacity, the author argues that citizens have the ability to curb…
The Dimensions of Cue-Taking in the House of Representatives: Variation by Issue Area
In this article, we test the thesis that legislators' cue-taking varies by policy area, using data collected in interviews with 99 members of the House of Representatives in the fall of 1987. They were asked to rate the importance of 11 different cue-givers--staff, party leaders, committee chairs, ranking minority members, state party delegation, other party colleagues, media, organized groups, constituents, president, and bureaucracy--in six dif…
Dynamic Analysis with Latent Constructs
Political scientists generally derive their quantitative methodologies from two disparate traditions: econometric or psychometric. The psychometric tradition has made a lasting impact on political analysis through attention to issues of measurement. Measurement issues are particularly troublesome to political scientists because many interesting concepts are either latent or multidimensional. On the other hand, the econometric tradition has provid…
Predictions of public opinion on the spread of Aids: Introduction of new computer methodologies
Frequently, dynamic analyses of public opinion cannot be performed because of incomplete polling. This problem is clearly evident for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Thus, to overcome this limitation, the present paper demonstrates the usefulness of a new methodology whereby opinion (e.g., the spread of AIDS) can be estimated using the mathematical model of ideodynamics. As input, the model uses information in the mass media scored by…
The Consequences of Partisanship in Economic Perceptions
Journal Article The Consequences of Partisanship in Economic Perceptions Get access Peter K. Enns, Peter K. Enns * Peter K. Enns is an Assistant Professor of Government at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. Paul M. Kellstedt is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA. Gregory E. McAvoy is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensbor…
Partisan Probing and Democratic Decisionmaking Rethinking the Nimby Syndrome
In this paper, I focus on Minnesota's unsuccessful attempt to site a hazardous waste stabilization and containment facility, but argue that this should not be seen as another siting failure due to irrational and self‐interested citizens who subverted a well‐conceived and essential disposal facility, Through a detailed comparison of citizen and elite claims about the facility, I show that many of the sources of disagreement between citizens and si…
Stability and Change: The Time Varying Impact of Economic and Foreign Policy Evaluations on Presidential Approval
Most researchers studying presidential approval with time series analysis assume that foreign and economic policy have a time-invariant weight in citizens’ judgments of presidential performance. However, those studying presidential approval in cross-sectional analysis find that the weight of foreign and economic policy on job performance fluctuates as news about these issues changes. These competing views can be incorporated into a model of ratio…
The Role of Partisanship in Aggregate Opinion
The Dimensions of Cue-Taking in the House of Representatives: Variation by Issue Area
In this article, we test the thesis that legislators' cue-taking varies by policy area, using data collected in interviews with 99 members of the House of Representatives in the fall of 1987. They were asked to rate the importance of 11 different cue-givers--staff, party leaders, committee chairs, ranking minority members, state party delegation, other party colleagues, media, organized groups, constituents, president, and bureaucracy--in six dif…
Polls and Elections Using Approval of the President's Handling of the Economy to Understand Who Polarizes and Why
The authors utilize data from nearly 200 surveys conducted during the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush administrations to evaluate whose presidential evaluations polarize and why. Specifically, assessments of the president's handling of the economy among high‐, middle‐, and low‐education Democrats, independents, and Republicans are considered. The authors find only weak evidence that education moderates partisan evaluations of the president. Throu…
Dynamic Analysis with Latent Constructs
Political scientists generally derive their quantitative methodologies from two disparate traditions: econometric or psychometric. The psychometric tradition has made a lasting impact on political analysis through attention to issues of measurement. Measurement issues are particularly troublesome to political scientists because many interesting concepts are either latent or multidimensional. On the other hand, the econometric tradition has provid…
Predictions of public opinion on the spread of Aids: Introduction of new computer methodologies
Frequently, dynamic analyses of public opinion cannot be performed because of incomplete polling. This problem is clearly evident for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Thus, to overcome this limitation, the present paper demonstrates the usefulness of a new methodology whereby opinion (e.g., the spread of AIDS) can be estimated using the mathematical model of ideodynamics. As input, the model uses information in the mass media scored by…
Can Debate and Deliberation Reduce Partisan Divisions? Evidence from a Study of High School Students
This paper presents findings from a study of high school students (N = 165) engaged in discussions of controversial political issues within Close Up Washington’s civic education program. We report findings from pre- and post surveys to investigate how the group’s views about the issues were affected by the discussion strategy they experienced. We compare two strategies: a deliberative small group activity and a team debate. We find that the delib…
What Presidents Talk about: The Nixon Case
Aside from the much‐analyzed State of the Union addresses and other major speeches, existing research tells us little about which issues presidents emphasize in their public rhetoric, how they do it, why, and with what effects. This article closely analyzes the public rhetoric of Richard Nixon over his entire presidency. The first section catalogs key characteristics of Nixon's rhetoric that confirm central expectations of the modern “public pres…
Controversial Project Siting: State Policy Instruments and Flexibility
Measurement Models for Time Series Analysis: Estimating Dynamic Linear Errors-in-Variables Models
This article uses state space modeling and Kalman filtering to estimate a dynamic linear errors-in-variables model with random measurement error in both the dependent and independent variables. I begin with a general description of the dynamic errors-in-variables model, translate it into state space form, and show how it can be estimated via the Kalman filter. I report the results of a simulation in which the amount of random measurement error is…
State Autonomy & Democratic Accountability: The Politics of Hazardous Waste Policy
This article explores the nature and extent of state autonomy and democratic accountability through a case study of Minnesota's attempt, from the late 1970s to 1990, to site a hazardous waste disposal facility. The study focuses in particular on the development of elite policy networks and efforts by citizens to control them. Drawing upon the distinction between state autonomy and capacity, the author argues that citizens have the ability to curb…
Predictions of public opinion on the spread of Aids: Introduction of new computer methodologies
Frequently, dynamic analyses of public opinion cannot be performed because of incomplete polling. This problem is clearly evident for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Thus, to overcome this limitation, the present paper demonstrates the usefulness of a new methodology whereby opinion (e.g., the spread of AIDS) can be estimated using the mathematical model of ideodynamics. As input, the model uses information in the mass media scored by…
The Dimensions of Cue-Taking in the House of Representatives: Variation by Issue Area
In this article, we test the thesis that legislators' cue-taking varies by policy area, using data collected in interviews with 99 members of the House of Representatives in the fall of 1987. They were asked to rate the importance of 11 different cue-givers--staff, party leaders, committee chairs, ranking minority members, state party delegation, other party colleagues, media, organized groups, constituents, president, and bureaucracy--in six dif…
Dynamic Analysis with Latent Constructs
Political scientists generally derive their quantitative methodologies from two disparate traditions: econometric or psychometric. The psychometric tradition has made a lasting impact on political analysis through attention to issues of measurement. Measurement issues are particularly troublesome to political scientists because many interesting concepts are either latent or multidimensional. On the other hand, the econometric tradition has provid…
State Autonomy & Democratic Accountability: The Politics of Hazardous Waste Policy
This article explores the nature and extent of state autonomy and democratic accountability through a case study of Minnesota's attempt, from the late 1970s to 1990, to site a hazardous waste disposal facility. The study focuses in particular on the development of elite policy networks and efforts by citizens to control them. Drawing upon the distinction between state autonomy and capacity, the author argues that citizens have the ability to curb…
Measurement Models for Time Series Analysis: Estimating Dynamic Linear Errors-in-Variables Models
This article uses state space modeling and Kalman filtering to estimate a dynamic linear errors-in-variables model with random measurement error in both the dependent and independent variables. I begin with a general description of the dynamic errors-in-variables model, translate it into state space form, and show how it can be estimated via the Kalman filter. I report the results of a simulation in which the amount of random measurement error is…
Partisan Probing and Democratic Decisionmaking Rethinking the Nimby Syndrome
In this paper, I focus on Minnesota's unsuccessful attempt to site a hazardous waste stabilization and containment facility, but argue that this should not be seen as another siting failure due to irrational and self‐interested citizens who subverted a well‐conceived and essential disposal facility, Through a detailed comparison of citizen and elite claims about the facility, I show that many of the sources of disagreement between citizens and si…
What Presidents Talk about: The Nixon Case
Aside from the much‐analyzed State of the Union addresses and other major speeches, existing research tells us little about which issues presidents emphasize in their public rhetoric, how they do it, why, and with what effects. This article closely analyzes the public rhetoric of Richard Nixon over his entire presidency. The first section catalogs key characteristics of Nixon's rhetoric that confirm central expectations of the modern “public pres…
Controversial Project Siting: State Policy Instruments and Flexibility
Stability and Change: The Time Varying Impact of Economic and Foreign Policy Evaluations on Presidential Approval
Most researchers studying presidential approval with time series analysis assume that foreign and economic policy have a time-invariant weight in citizens’ judgments of presidential performance. However, those studying presidential approval in cross-sectional analysis find that the weight of foreign and economic policy on job performance fluctuates as news about these issues changes. These competing views can be incorporated into a model of ratio…
Substance versus Style: Distinguishing Presidential Job Performance from Favorability
Although much of the systematic, over‐time research on the presidency has focused on presidential approval and how it varies in response to economic conditions and world events, there is growing interest in the impact that the public's character evaluations of the president can have on presidential approval. In an age when “image is everything,” it is important to understand how these character evaluations of the president vary over time and to a…
Polls and Elections Using Approval of the President's Handling of the Economy to Understand Who Polarizes and Why
The authors utilize data from nearly 200 surveys conducted during the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush administrations to evaluate whose presidential evaluations polarize and why. Specifically, assessments of the president's handling of the economy among high‐, middle‐, and low‐education Democrats, independents, and Republicans are considered. The authors find only weak evidence that education moderates partisan evaluations of the president. Throu…
The Consequences of Partisanship in Economic Perceptions
Journal Article The Consequences of Partisanship in Economic Perceptions Get access Peter K. Enns, Peter K. Enns * Peter K. Enns is an Assistant Professor of Government at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. Paul M. Kellstedt is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA. Gregory E. McAvoy is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensbor…
The Role of Partisanship in Aggregate Opinion
Collective Political Rationality: Partisan Thinking and Why It's Not All Bad
Amidst the polarization of contemporary politics, partisan loyalties among citizens are regarded as one contributor to political stalemate. Partisan loyalties lead Democrats and Republicans to look at the same economic information but to come to strikingly different conclusions about the state of the economy and the performance of the president in managing it. As a result, many observers argue that democratic politics would work better if citizen…
Can Debate and Deliberation Reduce Partisan Divisions? Evidence from a Study of High School Students
This paper presents findings from a study of high school students (N = 165) engaged in discussions of controversial political issues within Close Up Washington’s civic education program. We report findings from pre- and post surveys to investigate how the group’s views about the issues were affected by the discussion strategy they experienced. We compare two strategies: a deliberative small group activity and a team debate. We find that the delib…
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