Party-linked samples answer questionnaires with party-line views rather than personal opinion

Evidence

It had already been the case in the research on the working class that questions were included in the questionnaires which, in relation to a sample with distinct party links, could be expected to produce answers reflecting the views of the party and current commentaries in the party newspapers rather than the personal opinions of those being questioned. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 398

Categorization

• QUESTION: How far does this contamination problem undermine the authority of the earlier Weimar working-class findings?
• XREF: connects to: Latent public opinion rarely diverges from expressed collective policy preferences — Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page, Testing Theories of American Politics:…, 22; Party identification does not predict political learning; Hypothetical survey questions can validly test political choice theories when respondents answer honestly — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2409
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Latent public opinion rarely diverges from expressed collective policy preferences — Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page, Testing Theories of American Politics:…, 22; Party identification does not predict political learning; Hypothetical survey questions can validly test political choice theories when respondents answer honestly — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2409

Broader Connections

• Hypothetical survey questions can validly test political choice theories when respondents answer honestly #complicates (0.85) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2409