Dangerous Instrument by Michael A. Robinson;

Author:Michael A. Robinson; [Robinson, Michael A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780197611586
Publisher: Oxford University Press USA
Published: 2022-11-07T00:00:00+00:00

Data Analysis

So how does partisan activity by retired military officers affect the public’s estimation of their credibility? As previously discussed, this is a level of analysis that has escaped close empirical scrutiny and speaks more directly to the individual incentives for military elites to engage in partisan activism. The images of the public described by H4A–H4E have distinctly different features and significant implications for the strength and salience of civil-military norms among the public; furthermore, the validity of these hypotheses depends not only on the broad trends among the public, but how these patterns emerge among established partisans. Figure 6.3 depicts the aggregate effects of partisan activism on perceptions of individual elite credibility compared to the non-partisan retired officer. Immediately clear is the statistically and substantively significant decrease in the credibility of activist military elites across each metric. Partisan military elites with left- and right-alignment suffered a 3.4% and 9.1% loss to their total assessed credibility, respectively.

Figure 6.3 Loss of Credibility for Military Activists, Aggregate Results

Note: This figure depicts the change in perceptions of expertise, trustworthiness, and credibility for military partisans in reference to the non-partisan elite profile. This measure pools across all respondent attributes including partisan identity and education. Posted figures reflect magnitude of effect and p-values for two-tailed test for difference in means between activist categories and the non-partisan reference category. Respondents assembled from opt-in panel from Qualtrics during November 2017, N = 1038.

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