Research in social cognition suggests that individuals employ a variety of cognitive strategies
when processing information. Some of these strategies may function as cognitive heuristics…

The study of citizens' trust in the national government has been primarily individual-level,
cross-sectional analysis. In the current research, we develop a quarterly time series measure of …

Despite the wide application of the label “populist” in the 2016 election cycle, there has been
little systematic evidence that this election is distinctive in its populist appeal. Looking at …

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This study performs a multilevel analysis of public trust in local government. We develop
and test competing hypotheses about the contextual and individual-level sources of local …

… Correspondence concerning this paper should be addressed to Wendy M. Rahn, Department
of Political Science, University of WisconsinMadison, 110 North Hall, Madison, WI 53706 (…

In this paper we present a theoretical framework for the study of "public mood." We define
public mood as a diffuse affective state, having distinct positive and negative components, that …

In this note we elaborate on the conditions under which on-line and memory-based strategies
of political candidate evaluation can be implemented. We suggest that the structure of …

Health policy researchers often evaluate the social and economic consequences of chronic
illness, but rarely have they considered the implications of chronic illness on one important …

Generalized social trust is an important component of social capital and has been linked to
a variety of individual- and community-level outcomes, including low crime rates, effective …