Measuring Governors' Political Orientations Using Words as Data
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6383694 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Micah Weinberg (New America, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 96-109 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | State Politics & Policy Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1532-4400 • E-ISSN: 1946-1607 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/153244001001000105 |
| OpenAlex | W2076795222 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 19 |
This article introduces a parsimonious measure of the expressed political orientation of U.S. state governors that compares word choices in their “State of the State” speeches to the language of state and national party platforms. The technique used to generate this measure is Wordscores, a method that relies on the use of reference texts to generate a set of ideal points for gubernatorial rhetoric. I discuss the conventions and substantive content of governors' speeches and the choice of party platforms as reference texts before presenting the average “partisan signal” in speeches by 97 governors in all 50 states between 2000 and 2006
Algorithm · Biology and political orientation · Database · Ideal (ethics · Linguistics · Measure (data warehouse · Orientation (vector space · Political science · Politics · Programming language · Rhetoric · Set (abstract data type · State (computer science · Word (group theory · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Mathematics · Public Administration · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Social Media and Politics
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.53 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |