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- Title: To Change Or Not to Change: Examining the Perception of Political "Waffling".
- Author : North American Journal of Psychology
- Release Date : January 01, 2007
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 226 KB
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Employing the two-step model of attributional processes (Gilbert & Malone, 1995), this experimental study examined the perception of waffling on college students' (N = 125) impressions of a political candidate and voting inclinations. This study also examined whether individual differences factored into participants' attributions for the political candidate. Perceived wafflers received fewer votes than candidates who were perceived as appropriately changing their views. Democratic candidates were more likely to be perceived as wafflers and received fewer votes than Republican candidates. However, wafflers were not attributed less desirable traits and individual differences played no role in the perception of waffling. These findings support the two-step model and the key role that decisiveness plays in the perceptions of leaders. "The gift that kept on giving."--Karl Rove's response to John Kerry's statement, "I actually voted for the $87 billion before I voted against it," explaining his vote for additional support for the Iraqi war.