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Association: Name: Midwest Political Science Association URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~mpsa/
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Mendez, Jeanette. "Information Processing Biases: An Examination of Partisanship, Issue Preferences and Race in the Formation of Political Evaluations" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, IL, Apr 12, 2007 <Not Available>. 2008-12-11 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p196442_index.html>

Mendez, J. M. , 2007-04-12 "Information Processing Biases: An Examination of Partisanship, Issue Preferences and Race in the Formation of Political Evaluations" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, IL Online <PDF>. 2008-12-11 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p196442_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: In a given year, United States citizens are asked to make many political evaluations. Some of these evaluations are simple in nature, while others, especially when information is limited, are more complex. The nature of the information and judgment task often determines the type of evaluation made. On the one hand- citizens might rely on party stereotypes. On the other hand, citizens can rely on issue positions. This study investigates these processes, and also considers the role of race in decision making concerning a racially-charged issue: support for racial profiling of airliners. Overall the results of a computerized experiment show that partisanship does trump both race and prior predispositions in favor or opposition of racial profiling in forming candidate evaluations. However, in terms of accurately recognizing candidate positions, prior individual predispositions for racial profiling allowed the individual to make an accurate assessment of the candidate’s preference toward racial profiling. This adds to the body of literature delineating when category-based or data-driven information processing prevails.

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