Should Voters be Encyclopedias?
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Extant research has typically relied on the use of political knowledge items or interviewer evaluations to measure the political sophistication of survey respondents. In this paper, I further develop Luskin’s approach to measuring sophistication using knowledge items, items based on recognition and understanding of ideological terms, and items based on correct candidate and party placements on issue scales. I also present the advantages of developing a measure based on an item-response theory model rather than the typical approach of using an additive index.
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