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Belonging, Behaving, and Believing: Assessing the Role of Religion on Presidential Approval.
- Source :
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Political Research Quarterly . Jun2008, Vol. 61 Issue 2, p192-204. 13p. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- We operationalize three dimensions of religion—religious affiliation, religious commitment, and religious belief—to offer a detailed analysis of how religion affects presidential approval ratings. Using data from the 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 American National Election Studies, we demonstrate that operationalizing religion as a rudimentary Protestant-Catholic affiliation dichotomy masks its influence on presidential approval. We find that religious affiliation, even when measured more precisely than with a Protestant-Catholic dichotomy, contributes less to models of presidential approval than do measures of religious commitment and (especially) orthodoxy of religious belief. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10659129
- Volume :
- 61
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Political Research Quarterly
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 32432701
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1065912907313075