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Who Hates Hillary? Public Opinion Toward the First Lady, 1992–1996
Author(s) -
Prysby Charles,
Scavo Carmine
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
politics and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.259
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1747-1346
pISSN - 1555-5623
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-1346.2001.tb00601.x
Subject(s) - feeling , ideology , public opinion , social psychology , national election , white (mutation) , psychology , political science , sociology , politics , law , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
This study uses data from the American National Election Studies to investigate the determinants of attitudes toward Hillary Clinton, to examine the sources of the shifts in opinion toward her between 1992–1996, and to analyze the basis of extremely negative attitudes toward the former First Lady. The result of this analysis indicate that feelings toward Hillary Clinton were influenced by two sets of variables, one reflecting partisan and ideological orientations and the other reflecting social and cultural values. Moreover, feelings toward Hillary Clinton in 1996 were more strongly related to these variables than were feelings toward Barbara Bush at a comparable point in her stay in the White House. Also, a number of the variables had a greater impact on feelings toward Hillary Clinton in 1996 than in 1992. Finally, it appears that there are multiple sources for strongly negative attitudes toward the former First Lady.