Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Question Day: How Do Issues Work in Elections?

Party identification is a huge factor in vote choice, which tends to strongly limit the additional direct effects of any particular policy issue.

February 7, 2014 at 4:24 PM UTC

By Jonathan Bernstein

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

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To kick it off today, Noah Berlatsky asked:

Excellent question.