I have a survey question that asks: Is Ontario on the right track or headed in the wrong direction these days?".
Technically speaking, what does this measure in terms of the political science literature? Mood? Affective evaluation of the economy? Is this a form of sociotropic economic evaluation?
Dear Simon,
I would say that is measuring the attitude (behavioral tradition of research method).
for sure is a part of sociotropic economic evaluation (is part of a mood and subjective evaluation of the economy) and it can adhere the willingness to participate in the elections for example, so technically it is measuring attitude/opinion.
best wishes, Patricia
Hi Simon,
I think it would be necessary to explain what is meant by positive and negative track since one's definition of positive maybe another person's negative and vice versa. From an economics perspective, you would want to come up with a positive statement such that the respondent is not left to define the parameters with which he/she will answer your question. If you will go by the neo-classical school, you may want to ask whether the international trade policy of lowering further barriers to trade is overall positive for the national economy or not.
Best regards,
Pricivel
This question measures whether a person's currently satisfied with established power and their current policy practices.
Hi Hannah, so what would be a question that would measure sociotropic voting more traditionally.
People can think something is going wrong for a multitude of reasons. 80% could say they do not like the direction of something but that large group is probably divided into many smaller groups that do not agree with each other. Person A is angry at country because s/he cannot get a job, while person B is angry because of police shootings, while person C might be focused on gender issues. They are all part of the 80%, yet they probably don't agree/support each other on what is important/wrong.
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