2023
DOI: 10.1017/s0003055423000539
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Women Also Know Stuff: Challenging the Gender Gap in Political Sophistication

Abstract: This article proposes a simple but powerful framework to measure political sophistication based on open-ended survey responses. Discursive sophistication uses automated text analysis methods to capture the complexity of individual attitude expression. I validate the approach by comparing it to conventional political knowledge metrics using different batteries of open-ended items across five surveys spanning four languages (total $ N\approx 35,000 $ ). The new measure casts doubt on t… Show more

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