Conference on Party Identification

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Florida State University

February 22-24, 1978

The Board of the National Election Studies, supported by a National Science Foundation grant to the University of Michigan’s Center for Political Studies, held its third research conference, on the Concept of Party Identification. This conference, like previous conferences, was designed to elicit suggestions for improvements and changes in the questionnaire and design of the Center’s biennial election studies. In attendance was a diverse group of political scientists and sociologists selected by the board whose memoranda helped in setting the agenda for the conference. The conference was divided into four working sessions. The major themes from these sessions included discussions on the conceptualization of party identification, on the measurement of party identification, broader questions of measurement and research design and future studies.

Memorandum for a Conference on Party Identification,
by Kristi Andersen and Heinz Eulau

Memorandum of Interest
by Herb Ascher

Memorandum of Interest
by Paul Allen Beck

Conceptual Problems in Theory and Measurement of Party Indentification
by Richard A. Brody

The Strengthening of Party Identification: A Note on Conceptual Clarification
by William Claggett

Memorandum of Interest
by Jack Dennis

Party Identification as a Bayesian Prior: Some Suggestions Toward a Synthesis of Recent Research Perspectives
by Bernard Grofman and A.J. Mackelprang

Memorandum on the Meaning and Measurement of Partisan Identification
by Randall Guynes and Jerry Perkins

Party and the American Electorate
by John E. Jackson

The Character, Role, and Significance of Party Identification
by J. Paul Johnston

The Dimensionality of Party Identification and the Meaning of Independence
by Richard S. Katz

Party Identification From a Symbolic Interaction Perspective
by David Knoke