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10Jul/082

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

    http://mmx.typepad.com/mmx/2008/01/political-typol.html

  2. thanks for pointing that out


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