Replication Data for: How Politicians Discount the Opinions of Constituents with Whom They Disagree
<|begin_of_text|><|start_header_id|>system<|end_header_id|> You are a research archivist expert in dataset metadata. Answer the question truthfully.  <|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>user<|end_header_id|> Here is the Description of a dataset. Description:'We argue that politicians systematically discount the opinions of constituents with whom they disagree and that this 'disagreement discounting' is a contributing factor to ideological incongruence. A pair of survey experiments where state and local politicians are the subjects of interest show that public officials rationalize this behavior by assuming that constituents with opposing views are less informed about the issue. This finding applies both to well-established issues that divide the parties as well as to non-partisan ones. Further, it cannot be explained by politicians' desires to favor the opinions of either co-partisans or likely voters. A third survey experiment using a sample of voters shows that the bias is exacerbated by an activity central to representative governance -- taking and explaining one's policy positions.  T' . Please return only a json list of at most 3 Keywords corresponding to the Description:.<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|> {"Answer" : ["Elite psychology","Experiments","Incongruence","Representation"]} <|eot_id|>
 Here is the Description of a dataset. Description:'We argue that politicians systematically discount the opinions of constituents with whom they disagree and that this 'disagreement discounting' is a contributing factor to ideological incongruence. A pair of survey experiments where state and local politicians are the subjects of interest show that public officials rationalize this behavior by assuming that constituents with opposing views are less informed about the issue. This finding applies both to well-established issues that divide the parties as well as to non-partisan ones. Further, it cannot be explained by politicians' desires to favor the opinions of either co-partisans or likely voters. A third survey experiment using a sample of voters shows that the bias is exacerbated by an activity central to representative governance -- taking and explaining one's policy positions.  T' . Please return only a json list of at most 3 Keywords corresponding to the Description:.
We argue that politicians systematically discount the opinions of constituents with whom they disagree and that this 'disagreement discounting' is a contributing factor to ideological incongruence. A pair of survey experiments where state and local politicians are the subjects of interest show that public officials rationalize this behavior by assuming that constituents with opposing views are less informed about the issue. This finding applies both to well-established issues that divide the parties as well as to non-partisan ones. Further, it cannot be explained by politicians' desires to favor the opinions of either co-partisans or likely voters. A third survey experiment using a sample of voters shows that the bias is exacerbated by an activity central to representative governance -- taking and explaining one's policy positions.  T
Elite psychology; Experiments; Incongruence; Representation