In this authoritative study, three political scientists demonstrate that identification with political parties powerfully determines how citizens look at politics and cast their ballots.
Partisan Hearts and Minds is a profound breakthrough in our understanding of partisan loyalties and makes a major contribution to the study of political attitudes and voting behavior.-Paul Abramson, Michigan State University
This book will be influential the moment it appears. It will be the starting point for all further treatments of the topic.-Richard Johnston, University of British Columbia
The grounding of partisanship in social identities is the most important theoretical contribution to the study of partisanship in the last two decades.-Morris P. Fiorina, Stanford University