TY - JOUR
T1 - The effects of judicial campaign activity on the legitimacy of courts
T2 - A survey-based experiment
AU - Gibson, James L.
AU - Gottfried, Jeffrey A.
AU - Carpini, Michael X.Delli
AU - Jamieson, Kathleen Hall
PY - 2011/9
Y1 - 2011/9
N2 - The purpose of this article is to investigate the consequences of judicial campaign activity for the perceived legitimacy of the Pennsylvania judiciary. The authors find that politicized campaign ads do detract from court support, although they find practically no difference between traditional campaign ads (e.g., presenting endorsements from groups) and strong attack ads. But this finding must be understood within the context of the 2007 Pennsylvania election increasing court support for all respondents, even those exposed to the most politicized ad content. Being exposed to politicized ads seems to retard the benefits of elections but does not eliminate them.
AB - The purpose of this article is to investigate the consequences of judicial campaign activity for the perceived legitimacy of the Pennsylvania judiciary. The authors find that politicized campaign ads do detract from court support, although they find practically no difference between traditional campaign ads (e.g., presenting endorsements from groups) and strong attack ads. But this finding must be understood within the context of the 2007 Pennsylvania election increasing court support for all respondents, even those exposed to the most politicized ad content. Being exposed to politicized ads seems to retard the benefits of elections but does not eliminate them.
KW - attack ads
KW - campaigning
KW - judicial elections
KW - judicial legitimacy
KW - politicized campaigns
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80052246931&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1065912910370684
DO - 10.1177/1065912910370684
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80052246931
SN - 1065-9129
VL - 64
SP - 545
EP - 558
JO - Political Research Quarterly
JF - Political Research Quarterly
IS - 3
ER -