>lazasfeld, berelson (with several other co-authors whose names
>escape me) set 'tone' for social-psychological approach, while
>reference to converse is apropos given that his stuff (often written
>with angus campbell, warren miller, donald stokes) is generally
>cited as having set 'standard' for concluding that voters lack
>coherent views, there exists a body of research indicating that
>his/their criteria were too rigid and that, in fact, percentage
>holding coherent views is much higher...
Call me crazy, but watching American politics, there seems to be a lot of incoherence. 2/3 of Bush voters thought he supported Kyoto. That's mad. How can so many people believe such ridiculous things?
Doug