Elite and mass belief systems differ predictably in structure and character

Evidence

It is our thesis that there are important and predictable differences in ideational worlds as we progress downward through such “belief strata” and that these differences, while obvious at one level, are easily overlooked and not infrequently miscalculated. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1849

Categorization

• SEED: The ‘belief strata’ vertical metaphor could anchor an essay on how political elites and publics structurally process ideology differently.