Cluster analysis of VoteHelp Data for the 2008 Political Psychology Conference

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Cluster analysis of VoteHelp Data for the 2008 Political Psychology Conference

Below are the results of a cluster analysis of VoteHelp.org data which I used to identify subgroups within the traditional liberal and conservative dimensions. The groups identified were:

Social issue liberals (cluster 1 in excel sheet)
Environment & education liberals (cluster 2 in excel sheet)
Law and order conservatives (cluster 3 in excel sheet)
Social issue conservatives (cluster 4 in excel sheet)

You can read a draft of the paper, the presentation, and an excel sheet of results by cluster using the below links.

paris_presentation5.ppt

ispp_paper_draft2.doc

votehelp_questions_results_summary2.xls

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Modern Metrix Blog
January 16th, 2009 - 13:36

Wow, this is interesting! Your findinds are somewhat similar to those by Pew Research:

http://mmx.typepad.com/mmx/2008/01/political-typol.html
Ravi
April 23rd, 2009 - 14:29

thanks for pointing that out

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