Analysis Sections divided by model outcomes: 1. Election Predictions 2. Perceived Election Legitimacy 3. Emotions 4. Media Engagement 5. Election Legitimacy and Media Engagement

I. Import all datasets used for processing or analyses; perform alphas and correlations for measures

II. Sample Descriptives

1. Election Predictions

a. Descriptives

## 
##  Descriptive statistics by group 
## group: Democrat
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 494 7.42 2.04      8     7.8 1.48   1   9     8 -1.36     0.93 0.09
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## group: Republican
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 416 3.63 2.64      3    3.33 2.97   1   9     8 0.72    -0.76 0.13
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## group: Independent
##    vars   n mean  sd median trimmed  mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 174 5.38 2.3      5    5.44 1.48   1   9     8 -0.09     -0.8 0.17

b. One-way ANOVA: Election Prediction ~ Partisanship

## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = electPredictTB ~ pDem_Rep + pInd_Not, data = d[!is.na(d$party_factor), 
##     ])
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -6.4211 -1.6322  0.5789  1.5789  5.3678 
## 
## Coefficients:
##             Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)  5.47802    0.07802  70.215   <2e-16 ***
## pDem_Rep    -3.78884    0.15494 -24.454   <2e-16 ***
## pInd_Not     0.14732    0.19276   0.764    0.445    
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 2.328 on 1081 degrees of freedom
##   (141 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.3572, Adjusted R-squared:  0.356 
## F-statistic: 300.3 on 2 and 1081 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16
## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = electPredictTB ~ 1, data = d[!is.na(d$party_factor), 
##     ])
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -4.6393 -2.6393  0.3607  2.3607  3.3607 
## 
## Coefficients:
##             Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)  5.63930    0.08812      64   <2e-16 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 2.901 on 1083 degrees of freedom
##   (141 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Analysis of Variance Table
## 
## Model 1: electPredictTB ~ 1
## Model 2: electPredictTB ~ pDem_Rep + pInd_Not
##   Res.Df    RSS Df Sum of Sq     F    Pr(>F)    
## 1   1083 9116.0                                 
## 2   1081 5860.1  2    3255.9 300.3 < 2.2e-16 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1

c. t-test for Reps to midpoint

## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = electPredictTB.plot ~ pRepD + pRepI, data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -6.4211 -1.6322  0.5789  1.5789  5.3678 
## 
## Coefficients:
##             Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)  -1.3678     0.1142 -11.982  < 2e-16 ***
## pRepD         3.7888     0.1549  24.454  < 2e-16 ***
## pRepI         1.7471     0.2102   8.311 2.81e-16 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 2.328 on 1081 degrees of freedom
##   (152 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.3572, Adjusted R-squared:  0.356 
## F-statistic: 300.3 on 2 and 1081 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16

d. t.test for Dems to midpoint

## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = electPredictTB.plot ~ pDemR + pDemI, data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -6.4211 -1.6322  0.5789  1.5789  5.3678 
## 
## Coefficients:
##             Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)   2.4211     0.1048  23.111   <2e-16 ***
## pDemR        -3.7888     0.1549 -24.454   <2e-16 ***
## pDemI        -2.0417     0.2053  -9.947   <2e-16 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 2.328 on 1081 degrees of freedom
##   (152 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.3572, Adjusted R-squared:  0.356 
## F-statistic: 300.3 on 2 and 1081 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16

e. t.test for Inds to midpoint

## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = electPredictTB.plot ~ pIndD + pIndR, data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -6.4211 -1.6322  0.5789  1.5789  5.3678 
## 
## Coefficients:
##             Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)   0.3793     0.1765   2.149   0.0319 *  
## pIndD         2.0417     0.2053   9.947  < 2e-16 ***
## pIndR        -1.7471     0.2102  -8.311 2.81e-16 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 2.328 on 1081 degrees of freedom
##   (152 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.3572, Adjusted R-squared:  0.356 
## F-statistic: 300.3 on 2 and 1081 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16

f. Interaction Model: Election Prediction ~ Partisanship * Timing

## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = electPredictTB.plot ~ (pDem_Rep + pInd_Not) * tDur_Post, 
##     data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -6.5798 -1.7282  0.4202  1.4202  5.3684 
## 
## Coefficients:
##                    Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)          0.4350     0.0791   5.500 4.75e-08 ***
## pDem_Rep            -3.7380     0.1570 -23.811  < 2e-16 ***
## pInd_Not             0.2004     0.1955   1.025  0.30543    
## tDur_Post            0.4230     0.1582   2.674  0.00761 ** 
## pDem_Rep:tDur_Post  -0.4182     0.3140  -1.332  0.18313    
## pInd_Not:tDur_Post  -0.6446     0.3910  -1.649  0.09947 .  
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 2.321 on 1078 degrees of freedom
##   (152 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.3628, Adjusted R-squared:  0.3598 
## F-statistic: 122.7 on 5 and 1078 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16

2. Perceived Election Legitimacy

Main DV for this section: Own Vote Confidence - National Vote Confidence (difference score used to account for repeated measure)

a. Descriptives

## 
##  Descriptive statistics by group 
## group: Democrat
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 557 4.17 0.98    4.5    4.32 0.74   1   5     4 -1.15     0.67 0.04
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## group: Republican
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 463 2.89 1.21      3    2.87 1.48   1   5     4 0.07    -0.94 0.06
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## group: Independent
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range  skew kurtosis  se
## X1    1 187 2.97 1.37      3    2.96 1.48   1   5     4 -0.06    -1.22 0.1
## 
##  Descriptive statistics by group 
## : Democrat
## : Pre-election
## NULL
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Republican
## : Pre-election
## NULL
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Independent
## : Pre-election
## NULL
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Democrat
## : During-election
##    vars   n mean sd median trimmed  mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 250 3.92  1      4    4.04 1.48   1   5     4 -0.77    -0.02 0.06
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Republican
## : During-election
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 237 2.99 1.17      3    2.99 1.48   1   5     4 0.04    -0.93 0.08
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Independent
## : During-election
##    vars  n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 86 2.96 1.28      3    2.95 1.48   1   5     4 -0.15    -1.12 0.14
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Democrat
## : Post-election
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 307 4.37 0.92      5    4.55   0   1   5     4 -1.61     2.07 0.05
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Republican
## : Post-election
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 226 2.79 1.24      3    2.74 1.48   1   5     4 0.12    -0.97 0.08
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Independent
## : Post-election
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 101 2.98 1.45      3    2.97 2.22   1   5     4 -0.01    -1.34 0.14

b. ANOVA: Vote Confidence = Partisanship * Timing * Vote Type

ii. Results

## Warning: "election_timing" will be treated as numeric.
## Warning: Data is unbalanced (unequal N per group). Make sure you specified a
## well-considered value for the type argument to ezANOVA().
## $ANOVA
##                                   Effect DFn  DFd          F            p p<.05
## 2                           party_factor   2 1201  0.7054629 4.940844e-01      
## 3                        election_timing   1 1201  1.3146046 2.517910e-01      
## 5                              Vote_Type   1 1201  7.5379086 6.131563e-03     *
## 4           party_factor:election_timing   2 1201 10.7311888 2.402464e-05     *
## 6                 party_factor:Vote_Type   2 1201  2.7109894 6.687779e-02      
## 7              election_timing:Vote_Type   1 1201  0.2257459 6.347826e-01      
## 8 party_factor:election_timing:Vote_Type   2 1201  8.7081367 1.758991e-04     *
##            ges
## 2 1.006339e-03
## 3 9.377021e-04
## 5 8.937546e-04
## 4 1.509213e-02
## 6 6.430344e-04
## 7 2.678946e-05
## 8 2.062596e-03

Yes–There is a 3-way interaction between vote type, partisanship (Dem vs. Rep) and election timing. There is NO interaction of timing with Independents vs. Dems/Reps. In the context of the full model, there is also no main effect of timing.

c. Simple Effects of Timing, at each level of Party

Parameter of interest: tDur_Post in each model

## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = voteLegit ~ (pDemR + pDemI) * (tDur_Post), data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -3.3664 -0.8664  0.0760  0.6336  2.2146 
## 
## Coefficients:
##                 Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)      4.14522    0.04803  86.307  < 2e-16 ***
## pDemR           -1.25569    0.07109 -17.662  < 2e-16 ***
## pDemI           -1.17795    0.09565 -12.315  < 2e-16 ***
## tDur_Post        0.44245    0.09606   4.606 4.54e-06 ***
## pDemR:tDur_Post -0.65072    0.14219  -4.577 5.22e-06 ***
## pDemI:tDur_Post -0.42650    0.19131  -2.229    0.026 *  
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.128 on 1201 degrees of freedom
##   (29 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.2483, Adjusted R-squared:  0.2452 
## F-statistic: 79.36 on 5 and 1201 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16
## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = Own_Nat_conf_diff ~ (pDemR + pDemI) * (tDur_Post), 
##     data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -4.0891 -0.7131 -0.0814  0.0929  3.9109 
## 
## Coefficients:
##                 Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)      0.15289    0.03916   3.904 9.99e-05 ***
## pDemR            0.65719    0.05797  11.337  < 2e-16 ***
## pDemI           -0.06763    0.07800  -0.867 0.386037    
## tDur_Post       -0.28623    0.07832  -3.654 0.000269 ***
## pDemR:tDur_Post  0.48023    0.11594   4.142 3.68e-05 ***
## pDemI:tDur_Post  0.29394    0.15599   1.884 0.059762 .  
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 0.9194 on 1201 degrees of freedom
##   (29 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.128,  Adjusted R-squared:  0.1244 
## F-statistic: 35.27 on 5 and 1201 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16
## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = voteLegit ~ (pRepD + pRepI) * (tDur_Post), data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -3.3664 -0.8664  0.0760  0.6336  2.2146 
## 
## Coefficients:
##                 Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)      2.88953    0.05242  55.126  < 2e-16 ***
## pRepD            1.25569    0.07109  17.662  < 2e-16 ***
## pRepI            0.07774    0.09793   0.794   0.4275    
## tDur_Post       -0.20827    0.10483  -1.987   0.0472 *  
## pRepD:tDur_Post  0.65072    0.14219   4.577 5.22e-06 ***
## pRepI:tDur_Post  0.22422    0.19586   1.145   0.2525    
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.128 on 1201 degrees of freedom
##   (29 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.2483, Adjusted R-squared:  0.2452 
## F-statistic: 79.36 on 5 and 1201 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16
## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = voteLegit ~ (pIndD + pIndR) * (tDur_Post), data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -3.3664 -0.8664  0.0760  0.6336  2.2146 
## 
## Coefficients:
##                 Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)      2.96727    0.08272  35.870   <2e-16 ***
## pIndD            1.17795    0.09565  12.315   <2e-16 ***
## pIndR           -0.07774    0.09793  -0.794    0.427    
## tDur_Post        0.01595    0.16544   0.096    0.923    
## pIndD:tDur_Post  0.42650    0.19131   2.229    0.026 *  
## pIndR:tDur_Post -0.22422    0.19586  -1.145    0.253    
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.128 on 1201 degrees of freedom
##   (29 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.2483, Adjusted R-squared:  0.2452 
## F-statistic: 79.36 on 5 and 1201 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16

i. by just timing effects?

## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = Own_Nat_conf_diff ~ (pDem_Rep + pInd_Not) * (tDur), 
##     data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -4.0891 -0.7131 -0.0814  0.0929  3.9109 
## 
## Coefficients:
##               Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)    0.36490    0.04301   8.483  < 2e-16 ***
## pDem_Rep       0.41708    0.08336   5.004 6.46e-07 ***
## pInd_Not       0.42314    0.10755   3.935 8.81e-05 ***
## tDur          -0.02835    0.05908  -0.480    0.631    
## pDem_Rep:tDur  0.48023    0.11594   4.142 3.68e-05 ***
## pInd_Not:tDur -0.05383    0.14683  -0.367    0.714    
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 0.9194 on 1201 degrees of freedom
##   (29 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.128,  Adjusted R-squared:  0.1244 
## F-statistic: 35.27 on 5 and 1201 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16
## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = Own_Nat_conf_diff ~ (pDem_Rep + pInd_Not) * (tPost), 
##     data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -4.0891 -0.7131 -0.0814  0.0929  3.9109 
## 
## Coefficients:
##                Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)     0.33655    0.04050   8.310 2.56e-16 ***
## pDem_Rep        0.89731    0.08058  11.135  < 2e-16 ***
## pInd_Not        0.36932    0.09997   3.694  0.00023 ***
## tPost           0.02835    0.05908   0.480  0.63140    
## pDem_Rep:tPost -0.48023    0.11594  -4.142 3.68e-05 ***
## pInd_Not:tPost  0.05383    0.14683   0.367  0.71398    
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 0.9194 on 1201 degrees of freedom
##   (29 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.128,  Adjusted R-squared:  0.1244 
## F-statistic: 35.27 on 5 and 1201 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16

d. Own vs. National Vote Models

i. Descriptives for own & national vote confidence

##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 1209 3.68 1.35      4    3.85 1.48   1   5     4 -0.7    -0.73 0.04
## 
##  Descriptive statistics by group 
## : Democrat
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 557 4.24 1.01      5     4.4   0   1   5     4 -1.26     0.93 0.04
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Republican
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 463  3.3 1.39      3    3.37 1.48   1   5     4 -0.3    -1.17 0.06
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Independent
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 188    3 1.49      3       3 1.48   1   5     4 -0.06    -1.38 0.11
## 
##  Descriptive statistics by group 
## : Democrat
## : Pre-election
## NULL
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Republican
## : Pre-election
## NULL
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Independent
## : Pre-election
## NULL
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Democrat
## : During-election
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 250 4.07 1.03      4    4.21 1.48   1   5     4 -0.93     0.21 0.07
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Republican
## : During-election
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 237 3.35 1.34      3    3.43 1.48   1   5     4 -0.29    -1.12 0.09
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Independent
## : During-election
##    vars  n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 86    3 1.36      3       3 1.48   1   5     4 -0.11    -1.18 0.15
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Democrat
## : Post-election
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 307 4.37 0.97      5    4.56   0   1   5     4 -1.6     1.97 0.06
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Republican
## : Post-election
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range  skew kurtosis  se
## X1    1 226 3.24 1.44      3     3.3 1.48   1   5     4 -0.29    -1.26 0.1
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Independent
## : Post-election
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 102    3 1.59      3       3 2.97   1   5     4 -0.03    -1.55 0.16
##    vars    n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 1208  3.3 1.43      3    3.37 1.48   1   5     4 -0.28    -1.25 0.04
## 
##  Descriptive statistics by group 
## : Democrat
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 557  4.1 1.06      4    4.27 1.48   1   5     4 -1.05     0.33 0.04
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Republican
##    vars   n mean  sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 463 2.49 1.3      2    2.37 1.48   1   5     4 0.49    -0.91 0.06
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Independent
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range  skew kurtosis  se
## X1    1 187 2.93 1.41      3    2.91 1.48   1   5     4 -0.01    -1.24 0.1
## 
##  Descriptive statistics by group 
## : Democrat
## : Pre-election
## NULL
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Republican
## : Pre-election
## NULL
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Independent
## : Pre-election
## NULL
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Democrat
## : During-election
##    vars   n mean  sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 250 3.78 1.1      4    3.88 1.48   1   5     4 -0.6    -0.46 0.07
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Republican
## : During-election
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 237 2.64 1.25      2    2.56 1.48   1   5     4 0.31    -0.94 0.08
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Independent
## : During-election
##    vars  n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 86 2.92 1.29      3     2.9 1.48   1   5     4 -0.05       -1 0.14
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Democrat
## : Post-election
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed mad min max range  skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 307 4.36 0.94      5    4.54   0   1   5     4 -1.58     2.12 0.05
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Republican
## : Post-election
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 226 2.33 1.33      2    2.17 1.48   1   5     4 0.69    -0.76 0.09
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Independent
## : Post-election
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 101 2.93 1.51      3    2.91 1.48   1   5     4 0.01    -1.44 0.15

ii. Main Effect of Vote Type: Test of intercept in this model, or main effect from ezANOVA command above

## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = Own_Nat_conf_diff ~ (pDem_Rep + pInd_Not) * tDur_Post, 
##     data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -4.0891 -0.7131 -0.0814  0.0929  3.9109 
## 
## Coefficients:
##                    Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)         0.35073    0.02954  11.873  < 2e-16 ***
## pDem_Rep            0.65719    0.05797  11.337  < 2e-16 ***
## pInd_Not            0.39623    0.07342   5.397 8.15e-08 ***
## tDur_Post          -0.02835    0.05908  -0.480    0.631    
## pDem_Rep:tDur_Post  0.48023    0.11594   4.142 3.68e-05 ***
## pInd_Not:tDur_Post -0.05383    0.14683  -0.367    0.714    
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 0.9194 on 1201 degrees of freedom
##   (29 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.128,  Adjusted R-squared:  0.1244 
## F-statistic: 35.27 on 5 and 1201 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16
## $ANOVA
##                                   Effect DFn  DFd          F            p p<.05
## 2                           party_factor   2 1201  0.7054629 4.940844e-01      
## 3                        election_timing   1 1201  1.3146046 2.517910e-01      
## 5                              Vote_Type   1 1201  7.5379086 6.131563e-03     *
## 4           party_factor:election_timing   2 1201 10.7311888 2.402464e-05     *
## 6                 party_factor:Vote_Type   2 1201  2.7109894 6.687779e-02      
## 7              election_timing:Vote_Type   1 1201  0.2257459 6.347826e-01      
## 8 party_factor:election_timing:Vote_Type   2 1201  8.7081367 1.758991e-04     *
##            ges
## 2 1.006339e-03
## 3 9.377021e-04
## 5 8.937546e-04
## 4 1.509213e-02
## 6 6.430344e-04
## 7 2.678946e-05
## 8 2.062596e-03

iii. National Vote Confidence ~ Partisanship

## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = overallvote_conf ~ (pDem_Rep + pInd_Not), data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##      Min       1Q   Median       3Q      Max 
## -3.09874 -1.09874 -0.09874  0.90126  2.51188 
## 
## Coefficients:
##             Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)  3.17189    0.03884  81.658  < 2e-16 ***
## pDem_Rep    -1.61062    0.07626 -21.121  < 2e-16 ***
## pInd_Not     0.36830    0.09652   3.816 0.000143 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.213 on 1204 degrees of freedom
##   (29 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.2795, Adjusted R-squared:  0.2783 
## F-statistic: 233.6 on 2 and 1204 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16

1. Confidence in National Vote ~ Partisanship x Timing

## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = overallvote_conf ~ (pDem_Rep + pInd_Not) * (tDur_Post), 
##     data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -3.3616 -0.7760  0.2240  0.6384  2.6681 
## 
## Coefficients:
##                    Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)         3.16048    0.03836  82.387  < 2e-16 ***
## pDem_Rep           -1.58429    0.07528 -21.045  < 2e-16 ***
## pInd_Not            0.35199    0.09534   3.692 0.000233 ***
## tDur_Post           0.09789    0.07672   1.276 0.202258    
## pDem_Rep:tDur_Post -0.89084    0.15056  -5.917 4.28e-09 ***
## pInd_Not:tDur_Post  0.12806    0.19068   0.672 0.501983    
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.194 on 1201 degrees of freedom
##   (29 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.3032, Adjusted R-squared:  0.3003 
## F-statistic: 104.5 on 5 and 1201 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16
## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = overallvote_conf ~ tDur_Post + pDem_Rep + pInd_Not, 
##     data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -3.1675 -1.0143 -0.0143  0.8325  2.5866 
## 
## Coefficients:
##             Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)  3.16785    0.03883  81.590  < 2e-16 ***
## tDur_Post    0.15314    0.06990   2.191 0.028661 *  
## pDem_Rep    -1.60097    0.07626 -20.992  < 2e-16 ***
## pInd_Not     0.37143    0.09638   3.854 0.000122 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.211 on 1203 degrees of freedom
##   (29 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.2824, Adjusted R-squared:  0.2806 
## F-statistic: 157.8 on 3 and 1203 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16
## Analysis of Variance Table
## 
## Model 1: overallvote_conf ~ tDur_Post + pDem_Rep + pInd_Not
## Model 2: overallvote_conf ~ (pDem_Rep + pInd_Not) * (tDur_Post)
##   Res.Df    RSS Df Sum of Sq      F    Pr(>F)    
## 1   1203 1763.2                                  
## 2   1201 1712.2  2        51 17.887 2.214e-08 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1

2. Confidence in National Vote ~ Partisanship x Timing - by parties

## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = overallvote_conf ~ (pDemR + pDemI) * (tDur_Post), 
##     data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -3.3616 -0.7760  0.2240  0.6384  2.6681 
## 
## Coefficients:
##                 Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)      4.06878    0.05086  80.003  < 2e-16 ***
## pDemR           -1.58429    0.07528 -21.045  < 2e-16 ***
## pDemI           -1.14413    0.10129 -11.296  < 2e-16 ***
## tDur_Post        0.58556    0.10172   5.757 1.09e-08 ***
## pDemR:tDur_Post -0.89084    0.15056  -5.917 4.28e-09 ***
## pDemI:tDur_Post -0.57348    0.20258  -2.831  0.00472 ** 
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.194 on 1201 degrees of freedom
##   (29 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.3032, Adjusted R-squared:  0.3003 
## F-statistic: 104.5 on 5 and 1201 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16
## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = overallvote_conf ~ (pRepD + pRepI) * (tDur_Post), 
##     data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -3.3616 -0.7760  0.2240  0.6384  2.6681 
## 
## Coefficients:
##                 Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)      2.48449    0.05551  44.761  < 2e-16 ***
## pRepD            1.58429    0.07528  21.045  < 2e-16 ***
## pRepI            0.44015    0.10370   4.244 2.36e-05 ***
## tDur_Post       -0.30527    0.11101  -2.750  0.00605 ** 
## pRepD:tDur_Post  0.89084    0.15056   5.917 4.28e-09 ***
## pRepI:tDur_Post  0.31736    0.20740   1.530  0.12624    
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.194 on 1201 degrees of freedom
##   (29 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.3032, Adjusted R-squared:  0.3003 
## F-statistic: 104.5 on 5 and 1201 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16
## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = overallvote_conf ~ (pIndD + pIndR) * (tDur_Post), 
##     data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -3.3616 -0.7760  0.2240  0.6384  2.6681 
## 
## Coefficients:
##                 Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)      2.92465    0.08760  33.388  < 2e-16 ***
## pIndD            1.14413    0.10129  11.296  < 2e-16 ***
## pIndR           -0.44015    0.10370  -4.244 2.36e-05 ***
## tDur_Post        0.01209    0.17519   0.069  0.94500    
## pIndD:tDur_Post  0.57348    0.20258   2.831  0.00472 ** 
## pIndR:tDur_Post -0.31736    0.20740  -1.530  0.12624    
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.194 on 1201 degrees of freedom
##   (29 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.3032, Adjusted R-squared:  0.3003 
## F-statistic: 104.5 on 5 and 1201 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16

iv. Own Vote Confidence ~ Partisanship

## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = ownvote_conf ~ (pDem_Rep + pInd_Not), data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -3.2370 -1.2370  0.7041  0.7630  2.0000 
## 
## Coefficients:
##             Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)  3.51351    0.03982  88.243  < 2e-16 ***
## pDem_Rep    -0.94109    0.07829 -12.021  < 2e-16 ***
## pInd_Not     0.76644    0.09887   7.752 1.91e-14 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.245 on 1205 degrees of freedom
##   (28 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.1494, Adjusted R-squared:  0.148 
## F-statistic: 105.8 on 2 and 1205 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16

1. Confidence in Own Vote ~ Partisanship x Timing

## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = ownvote_conf ~ (pDem_Rep + pInd_Not) * (tDur_Post), 
##     data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -3.3713 -1.0720  0.6287  0.9280  2.0000 
## 
## Coefficients:
##                    Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)         3.50794    0.03984  88.040  < 2e-16 ***
## pDem_Rep           -0.92709    0.07829 -11.841  < 2e-16 ***
## pInd_Not            0.75812    0.09896   7.661 3.79e-14 ***
## tDur_Post           0.06300    0.07969   0.791  0.42934    
## pDem_Rep:tDur_Post -0.41061    0.15659  -2.622  0.00885 ** 
## pInd_Not:tDur_Post  0.09403    0.19793   0.475  0.63482    
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.242 on 1202 degrees of freedom
##   (28 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.1557, Adjusted R-squared:  0.1522 
## F-statistic: 44.33 on 5 and 1202 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16
## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = ownvote_conf ~ tDur_Post + pDem_Rep + pInd_Not, 
##     data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -3.2794 -1.1849  0.6557  0.8151  2.0513 
## 
## Coefficients:
##             Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)  3.51094    0.03985  88.099  < 2e-16 ***
## tDur_Post    0.09454    0.07183   1.316    0.188    
## pDem_Rep    -0.93513    0.07839 -11.929  < 2e-16 ***
## pInd_Not     0.76861    0.09885   7.776  1.6e-14 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.244 on 1204 degrees of freedom
##   (28 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.1506, Adjusted R-squared:  0.1485 
## F-statistic: 71.18 on 3 and 1204 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16
## Analysis of Variance Table
## 
## Model 1: ownvote_conf ~ tDur_Post + pDem_Rep + pInd_Not
## Model 2: ownvote_conf ~ (pDem_Rep + pInd_Not) * (tDur_Post)
##   Res.Df    RSS Df Sum of Sq      F  Pr(>F)  
## 1   1204 1864.5                              
## 2   1202 1853.4  2    11.097 3.5982 0.02767 *
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1

2. Confidence in Own Vote ~ Partisanship x Timing - by parties

## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = ownvote_conf ~ (pDemR + pDemI) * (tDur_Post), data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -3.3713 -1.0720  0.6287  0.9280  2.0000 
## 
## Coefficients:
##                 Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)      4.22167    0.05289  79.817  < 2e-16 ***
## pDemR           -0.92709    0.07829 -11.841  < 2e-16 ***
## pDemI           -1.22167    0.10516 -11.617  < 2e-16 ***
## tDur_Post        0.29934    0.10578   2.830  0.00474 ** 
## pDemR:tDur_Post -0.41061    0.15659  -2.622  0.00885 ** 
## pDemI:tDur_Post -0.29934    0.21033  -1.423  0.15494    
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.242 on 1202 degrees of freedom
##   (28 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.1557, Adjusted R-squared:  0.1522 
## F-statistic: 44.33 on 5 and 1202 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16
## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = ownvote_conf ~ (pRepD + pRepI) * (tDur_Post), data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -3.3713 -1.0720  0.6287  0.9280  2.0000 
## 
## Coefficients:
##                 Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)      3.29457    0.05773  57.074  < 2e-16 ***
## pRepD            0.92709    0.07829  11.841  < 2e-16 ***
## pRepI           -0.29457    0.10767  -2.736  0.00631 ** 
## tDur_Post       -0.11127    0.11545  -0.964  0.33533    
## pRepD:tDur_Post  0.41061    0.15659   2.622  0.00885 ** 
## pRepI:tDur_Post  0.11127    0.21535   0.517  0.60545    
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.242 on 1202 degrees of freedom
##   (28 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.1557, Adjusted R-squared:  0.1522 
## F-statistic: 44.33 on 5 and 1202 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16
## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = ownvote_conf ~ (pIndD + pIndR) * (tDur_Post), data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -3.3713 -1.0720  0.6287  0.9280  2.0000 
## 
## Coefficients:
##                   Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)      3.000e+00  9.089e-02  33.006  < 2e-16 ***
## pIndD            1.222e+00  1.052e-01  11.617  < 2e-16 ***
## pIndR            2.946e-01  1.077e-01   2.736  0.00631 ** 
## tDur_Post        2.563e-16  1.818e-01   0.000  1.00000    
## pIndD:tDur_Post  2.993e-01  2.103e-01   1.423  0.15494    
## pIndR:tDur_Post -1.113e-01  2.153e-01  -0.517  0.60545    
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.242 on 1202 degrees of freedom
##   (28 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.1557, Adjusted R-squared:  0.1522 
## F-statistic: 44.33 on 5 and 1202 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16

v. full model by vote type

## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = ownvote_conf ~ (pDem_Rep + pInd_Not) * (tDur_Post), 
##     data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -3.3713 -1.0720  0.6287  0.9280  2.0000 
## 
## Coefficients:
##                    Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)         3.50794    0.03984  88.040  < 2e-16 ***
## pDem_Rep           -0.92709    0.07829 -11.841  < 2e-16 ***
## pInd_Not            0.75812    0.09896   7.661 3.79e-14 ***
## tDur_Post           0.06300    0.07969   0.791  0.42934    
## pDem_Rep:tDur_Post -0.41061    0.15659  -2.622  0.00885 ** 
## pInd_Not:tDur_Post  0.09403    0.19793   0.475  0.63482    
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.242 on 1202 degrees of freedom
##   (28 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.1557, Adjusted R-squared:  0.1522 
## F-statistic: 44.33 on 5 and 1202 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16
## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = overallvote_conf ~ (pDem_Rep + pInd_Not) * (tDur_Post), 
##     data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -3.3616 -0.7760  0.2240  0.6384  2.6681 
## 
## Coefficients:
##                    Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)         3.16048    0.03836  82.387  < 2e-16 ***
## pDem_Rep           -1.58429    0.07528 -21.045  < 2e-16 ***
## pInd_Not            0.35199    0.09534   3.692 0.000233 ***
## tDur_Post           0.09789    0.07672   1.276 0.202258    
## pDem_Rep:tDur_Post -0.89084    0.15056  -5.917 4.28e-09 ***
## pInd_Not:tDur_Post  0.12806    0.19068   0.672 0.501983    
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.194 on 1201 degrees of freedom
##   (29 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.3032, Adjusted R-squared:  0.3003 
## F-statistic: 104.5 on 5 and 1201 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16

3. Emotions

A. Negative Emotions

a. Descriptives

## 
##  Descriptive statistics by group 
## group: Democrat
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 559 2.97 1.54   2.71    2.84 1.91   1   7     6 0.57    -0.58 0.07
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## group: Republican
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 464 3.06 1.45   2.86    2.97 1.69   1   7     6 0.47    -0.58 0.07
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## group: Independent
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 191 2.55 1.47   2.14    2.38 1.69   1   7     6 0.74    -0.44 0.11
## 
##  Descriptive statistics by group 
## : Democrat
## : Pre-election
## NULL
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Republican
## : Pre-election
## NULL
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Independent
## : Pre-election
## NULL
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Democrat
## : During-election
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis  se
## X1    1 251 3.34 1.58   3.14    3.26 1.91   1   7     6 0.32    -0.93 0.1
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Republican
## : During-election
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 238 2.93 1.38   2.86    2.83 1.48   1   7     6 0.57    -0.28 0.09
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Independent
## : During-election
##    vars  n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min  max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 87  2.6 1.52   2.29    2.44 1.91   1 6.86  5.86 0.64    -0.63 0.16
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Democrat
## : Post-election
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 308 2.67 1.44   2.43    2.51 1.69   1   7     6 0.81    -0.04 0.08
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Republican
## : Post-election
##    vars   n mean  sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis  se
## X1    1 226  3.2 1.5      3    3.13 1.69   1   7     6 0.35    -0.84 0.1
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Independent
## : Post-election
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 104 2.51 1.44   1.86    2.34 1.27   1   7     6 0.81    -0.32 0.14

b. Main ANOVA: Negative Emotions ~ Partisanship * Timing

## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = negative ~ (pDem_Rep + pInd_Not) * (tDur_Post), 
##     data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -2.3364 -1.2387 -0.2119  1.0738  4.4915 
## 
## Coefficients:
##                    Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)         2.87543    0.04721  60.914  < 2e-16 ***
## pDem_Rep            0.05787    0.09308   0.622    0.534    
## pInd_Not            0.47866    0.11705   4.090 4.61e-05 ***
## tDur_Post          -0.16169    0.09441  -1.713    0.087 .  
## pDem_Rep:tDur_Post  0.93614    0.18616   5.029 5.69e-07 ***
## pInd_Not:tDur_Post -0.10324    0.23409  -0.441    0.659    
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.478 on 1208 degrees of freedom
##   (22 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.03859,    Adjusted R-squared:  0.03461 
## F-statistic: 9.698 on 5 and 1208 DF,  p-value: 4.284e-09
## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = negative ~ (pDem_Rep + pInd_Not) + (tDur_Post), 
##     data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -2.1632 -1.3053 -0.2315  1.0511  4.5470 
## 
## Coefficients:
##             Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)  2.86743    0.04756  60.287  < 2e-16 ***
## pDem_Rep     0.07450    0.09391   0.793 0.427736    
## pInd_Not     0.45864    0.11776   3.895 0.000104 ***
## tDur_Post   -0.21427    0.08595  -2.493 0.012808 *  
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.493 on 1210 degrees of freedom
##   (22 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.01816,    Adjusted R-squared:  0.01573 
## F-statistic: 7.461 on 3 and 1210 DF,  p-value: 5.961e-05

i. Interaction of partisanship and timing in full ANOVA model

## Analysis of Variance Table
## 
## Model 1: negative ~ (pDem_Rep + pInd_Not) + (tDur_Post)
## Model 2: negative ~ (pDem_Rep + pInd_Not) * (tDur_Post)
##   Res.Df    RSS Df Sum of Sq      F    Pr(>F)    
## 1   1210 2696.2                                  
## 2   1208 2640.1  2    56.098 12.834 3.051e-06 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1

c. Effects for Democrats

## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = negative ~ (pDemR + pDemI) * (tDur_Post), data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -2.3364 -1.2387 -0.2119  1.0738  4.4915 
## 
## Coefficients:
##                 Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)      3.00446    0.06285  47.800  < 2e-16 ***
## pDemR            0.05787    0.09308   0.622 0.534232    
## pDemI           -0.44973    0.12444  -3.614 0.000314 ***
## tDur_Post       -0.66383    0.12571  -5.281 1.53e-07 ***
## pDemR:tDur_Post  0.93614    0.18616   5.029 5.69e-07 ***
## pDemI:tDur_Post  0.57131    0.24887   2.296 0.021869 *  
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.478 on 1208 degrees of freedom
##   (22 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.03859,    Adjusted R-squared:  0.03461 
## F-statistic: 9.698 on 5 and 1208 DF,  p-value: 4.284e-09

d. Effects for Republicans

## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = negative ~ (pRepD + pRepI) * (tDur_Post), data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -2.3364 -1.2387 -0.2119  1.0738  4.4915 
## 
## Coefficients:
##                 Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)      3.06233    0.06865  44.606  < 2e-16 ***
## pRepD           -0.05787    0.09308  -0.622   0.5342    
## pRepI           -0.50760    0.12746  -3.982 7.23e-05 ***
## tDur_Post        0.27231    0.13731   1.983   0.0476 *  
## pRepD:tDur_Post -0.93614    0.18616  -5.029 5.69e-07 ***
## pRepI:tDur_Post -0.36483    0.25493  -1.431   0.1527    
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.478 on 1208 degrees of freedom
##   (22 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.03859,    Adjusted R-squared:  0.03461 
## F-statistic: 9.698 on 5 and 1208 DF,  p-value: 4.284e-09

e. Effects for Independents

## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = negative ~ (pIndR + pIndD) * (tDur_Post), data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -2.3364 -1.2387 -0.2119  1.0738  4.4915 
## 
## Coefficients:
##                 Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)      2.55473    0.10739  23.788  < 2e-16 ***
## pIndR            0.50760    0.12746   3.982 7.23e-05 ***
## pIndD            0.44973    0.12444   3.614 0.000314 ***
## tDur_Post       -0.09251    0.21479  -0.431 0.666747    
## pIndR:tDur_Post  0.36483    0.25493   1.431 0.152658    
## pIndD:tDur_Post -0.57131    0.24887  -2.296 0.021869 *  
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.478 on 1208 degrees of freedom
##   (22 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.03859,    Adjusted R-squared:  0.03461 
## F-statistic: 9.698 on 5 and 1208 DF,  p-value: 4.284e-09

B. Positive Emotions

a. Descriptives

## 
##  Descriptive statistics by group 
## group: Democrat
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 559 3.97 1.83      4    3.95 2.37   1   7     6  0.1    -1.13 0.08
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## group: Republican
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 464 2.88 1.69    2.4     2.7 1.78   1   7     6 0.68    -0.56 0.08
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## group: Independent
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 191 2.34 1.52    1.8    2.11 1.19   1   7     6 1.02     0.23 0.11
## 
##  Descriptive statistics by group 
## : Democrat
## : Pre-election
## NULL
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Republican
## : Pre-election
## NULL
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Independent
## : Pre-election
## NULL
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Democrat
## : During-election
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis  se
## X1    1 251 3.26 1.62      3    3.14 1.78   1   7     6 0.52    -0.62 0.1
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Republican
## : During-election
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 238 3.14 1.64      3    3.03 1.78   1   7     6 0.43    -0.79 0.11
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Independent
## : During-election
##    vars  n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 87  2.4 1.43    1.8    2.24 1.19   1 6.2   5.2 0.74     -0.6 0.15
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Democrat
## : Post-election
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range  skew kurtosis  se
## X1    1 308 4.55 1.78    4.8    4.64 2.08   1   7     6 -0.27    -1.01 0.1
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Republican
## : Post-election
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 226 2.61 1.71      2    2.36 1.48   1   7     6    1    -0.04 0.11
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## : Independent
## : Post-election
##    vars   n mean  sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 104 2.28 1.6    1.5    2.01 0.74   1   7     6  1.2     0.67 0.16

b. Main ANOVA: Positive Emotions ~ Partisanship * Timing

## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = positive ~ (pDem_Rep + pInd_Not) * (tDur_Post), 
##     data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -3.5545 -1.2846 -0.2846  1.2455  4.7154 
## 
## Coefficients:
##                    Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)         3.04482    0.05329  57.135  < 2e-16 ***
## pDem_Rep           -1.03139    0.10508  -9.815  < 2e-16 ***
## pInd_Not            1.04681    0.13214   7.922 5.26e-15 ***
## tDur_Post           0.21709    0.10658   2.037   0.0419 *  
## pDem_Rep:tDur_Post -1.83039    0.21016  -8.709  < 2e-16 ***
## pInd_Not:tDur_Post  0.49966    0.26427   1.891   0.0589 .  
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.669 on 1208 degrees of freedom
##   (22 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.1876, Adjusted R-squared:  0.1842 
## F-statistic: 55.78 on 5 and 1208 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16
## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = positive ~ (pDem_Rep + pInd_Not) + (tDur_Post), 
##     data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -3.1389 -1.5006 -0.3006  1.2994  4.4926 
## 
## Coefficients:
##             Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)  3.05737    0.05488  55.710  < 2e-16 ***
## pDem_Rep    -1.06689    0.10835  -9.846  < 2e-16 ***
## pInd_Not     1.09802    0.13588   8.081 1.54e-15 ***
## tDur_Post    0.37139    0.09918   3.745 0.000189 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.722 on 1210 degrees of freedom
##   (22 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.1333, Adjusted R-squared:  0.1312 
## F-statistic: 62.03 on 3 and 1210 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16

i. Interaction of partisanship and timing in main model

## Analysis of Variance Table
## 
## Model 1: positive ~ (pDem_Rep + pInd_Not) + (tDur_Post)
## Model 2: positive ~ (pDem_Rep + pInd_Not) * (tDur_Post)
##   Res.Df    RSS Df Sum of Sq     F    Pr(>F)    
## 1   1210 3589.4                                 
## 2   1208 3364.7  2    224.72 40.34 < 2.2e-16 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1

c. dummy coded for dem

## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = positive ~ (pDemR + pDemI) * (tDur_Post), data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -3.5545 -1.2846 -0.2846  1.2455  4.7154 
## 
## Coefficients:
##                 Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)      3.90596    0.07096  55.046  < 2e-16 ***
## pDemR           -1.03139    0.10508  -9.815  < 2e-16 ***
## pDemI           -1.56250    0.14048 -11.123  < 2e-16 ***
## tDur_Post        1.29717    0.14192   9.140  < 2e-16 ***
## pDemR:tDur_Post -1.83039    0.21016  -8.709  < 2e-16 ***
## pDemI:tDur_Post -1.41486    0.28096  -5.036 5.48e-07 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.669 on 1208 degrees of freedom
##   (22 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.1876, Adjusted R-squared:  0.1842 
## F-statistic: 55.78 on 5 and 1208 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16

d. dummy coded for rep

## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = positive ~ (pRepD + pRepI) * (tDur_Post), data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -3.5545 -1.2846 -0.2846  1.2455  4.7154 
## 
## Coefficients:
##                 Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)       2.8746     0.0775  37.089  < 2e-16 ***
## pRepD             1.0314     0.1051   9.815  < 2e-16 ***
## pRepI            -0.5311     0.1439  -3.691 0.000233 ***
## tDur_Post        -0.5332     0.1550  -3.440 0.000602 ***
## pRepD:tDur_Post   1.8304     0.2102   8.709  < 2e-16 ***
## pRepI:tDur_Post   0.4155     0.2878   1.444 0.149044    
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.669 on 1208 degrees of freedom
##   (22 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.1876, Adjusted R-squared:  0.1842 
## F-statistic: 55.78 on 5 and 1208 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16

e. dummy coded for independent

## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = positive ~ (pIndR + pIndD) * (tDur_Post), data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -3.5545 -1.2846 -0.2846  1.2455  4.7154 
## 
## Coefficients:
##                 Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)       2.3435     0.1212  19.329  < 2e-16 ***
## pIndR             0.5311     0.1439   3.691 0.000233 ***
## pIndD             1.5625     0.1405  11.123  < 2e-16 ***
## tDur_Post        -0.1177     0.2425  -0.485 0.627532    
## pIndR:tDur_Post  -0.4155     0.2878  -1.444 0.149044    
## pIndD:tDur_Post   1.4149     0.2810   5.036 5.48e-07 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.669 on 1208 degrees of freedom
##   (22 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.1876, Adjusted R-squared:  0.1842 
## F-statistic: 55.78 on 5 and 1208 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16

4. Media Trust/Consumption

a. descriptives

## 
##  Descriptive statistics by group 
## group: Democrat
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 558 2.89 0.66   2.86    2.86 0.58   1   5     4 0.37      0.6 0.03
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## group: Republican
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 464 1.99 0.84   1.86     1.9 0.9   1   5     4 0.94     0.62 0.04
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## group: Independent
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 190 2.35 0.79    2.3    2.31 0.5   1   5     4 0.64     0.96 0.06
## 
##  Descriptive statistics by group 
## group: Democrat
##    vars   n mean  sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 558 1.97 1.1    1.5     1.8 0.74   1   5     4 1.01     0.07 0.05
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## group: Republican
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 464 2.96 1.28      3    2.95 1.48   1   5     4 0.04    -1.24 0.06
## ------------------------------------------------------------ 
## group: Independent
##    vars   n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
## X1    1 190 2.16 0.97      2    2.06 0.74   1   5     4 0.73     0.02 0.07

b. (other - fox perception) ~ party

## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = Other_minus_Fox_perc ~ (pDem_Rep + pInd_Not), data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -4.1343 -0.8499  0.1214  0.9372  3.9316 
## 
## Coefficients:
##             Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)  0.04827    0.03943   1.224    0.221    
## pDem_Rep    -1.88730    0.07772 -24.285   <2e-16 ***
## pInd_Not    -0.21804    0.09779  -2.230    0.026 *  
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.237 on 1209 degrees of freedom
##   (24 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.3285, Adjusted R-squared:  0.3274 
## F-statistic: 295.8 on 2 and 1209 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16

c. vote legitimacy ~ party * media type - for 2 df test

## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = voteLegit ~ pDem_Rep + pInd_Not + otherMediaPerception + 
##     foxPerception, data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -3.3653 -0.7999  0.1392  0.7739  2.8750 
## 
## Coefficients:
##                      Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)           2.40004    0.11331  21.181  < 2e-16 ***
## pDem_Rep             -0.68869    0.08439  -8.161 8.34e-16 ***
## pInd_Not              0.56222    0.08568   6.562 7.89e-11 ***
## otherMediaPerception  0.51439    0.04189  12.278  < 2e-16 ***
## foxPerception        -0.12612    0.02736  -4.609 4.47e-06 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.072 on 1202 degrees of freedom
##   (29 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.3202, Adjusted R-squared:  0.318 
## F-statistic: 141.6 on 4 and 1202 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16
## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = voteLegit ~ pDem_Rep + pInd_Not + otherMediaPerception + 
##     foxPerception, data = d)
## 
## Standardized Coefficients::
##          (Intercept)             pDem_Rep             pInd_Not 
##            0.0000000           -0.2431231            0.1568096 
## otherMediaPerception        foxPerception 
##            0.3408677           -0.1207183

d. vote legitimacy ~ party

## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = voteLegit ~ pDem_Rep + pInd_Not, data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -3.1679 -0.8920  0.1080  0.8321  2.1080 
## 
## Coefficients:
##             Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)  3.34447    0.03645  91.749  < 2e-16 ***
## pDem_Rep    -1.27585    0.07156 -17.828  < 2e-16 ***
## pInd_Not     0.56202    0.09058   6.205 7.52e-10 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.138 on 1204 degrees of freedom
##   (29 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.2326, Adjusted R-squared:  0.2313 
## F-statistic: 182.4 on 2 and 1204 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16
## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = voteLegit ~ pDem_Rep + pInd_Not, data = d)
## 
## Standardized Coefficients::
## (Intercept)    pDem_Rep    pInd_Not 
##   0.0000000  -0.4504079   0.1567542

e. anova between simple and augmented models: Interaction of media type and partisanship

## Analysis of Variance Table
## 
## Model 1: voteLegit ~ pDem_Rep + pInd_Not
## Model 2: voteLegit ~ pDem_Rep + pInd_Not + otherMediaPerception + foxPerception
##   Res.Df    RSS Df Sum of Sq      F    Pr(>F)    
## 1   1204 1559.0                                  
## 2   1202 1380.9  2    178.06 77.493 < 2.2e-16 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1

f. other method, using OtherMedia - Fox to account for the two-level factor of media type! Instead of using them both separately.

## Analysis of Variance Table
## 
## Model 1: voteLegit ~ (pDem_Rep + pInd_Not) + Other_minus_Fox_perc
## Model 2: voteLegit ~ (pDem_Rep + pInd_Not) * Other_minus_Fox_perc
##   Res.Df    RSS Df Sum of Sq      F    Pr(>F)    
## 1   1203 1466.7                                  
## 2   1201 1443.3  2    23.399 9.7352 6.397e-05 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1

5. Media Analyses: Vote legitimacy ~ party * foxPerception * otherMediaPerception

a. full model

  vote Legit
Predictors Estimates CI p
(Intercept) 3.35 3.27 – 3.44 <0.001
foxPerception.c -0.19 -0.27 – -0.12 <0.001
otherMediaPerception.c 0.37 0.27 – 0.47 <0.001
pDem_Rep -1.02 -1.20 – -0.83 <0.001
pInd_Not 0.57 0.37 – 0.77 <0.001
foxPerception.c *
otherMediaPerception.c
-0.01 -0.07 – 0.06 0.823
foxPerception.c *
pDem_Rep
0.11 -0.02 – 0.25 0.104
foxPerception.c *
pInd_Not
0.28 0.09 – 0.48 0.005
otherMediaPerception.c *
pDem_Rep
0.18 -0.04 – 0.39 0.114
otherMediaPerception.c *
pInd_Not
-0.28 -0.51 – -0.05 0.018
(foxPerception.c
otherMediaPerception.c)

pDem_Rep
-0.03 -0.16 – 0.11 0.699
(foxPerception.c
otherMediaPerception.c)

pInd_Not
0.00 -0.16 – 0.16 0.971
Observations 1207
R2 / R2 adjusted 0.282 / 0.276

b. main model and simple model

## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = voteLegit ~ (pDem_Rep + pInd_Not) + foxPerception + 
##     otherMediaPerception, data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -3.3653 -0.7999  0.1392  0.7739  2.8750 
## 
## Coefficients:
##                      Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)           2.40004    0.11331  21.181  < 2e-16 ***
## pDem_Rep             -0.68869    0.08439  -8.161 8.34e-16 ***
## pInd_Not              0.56222    0.08568   6.562 7.89e-11 ***
## foxPerception        -0.12612    0.02736  -4.609 4.47e-06 ***
## otherMediaPerception  0.51439    0.04189  12.278  < 2e-16 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.072 on 1202 degrees of freedom
##   (29 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.3202, Adjusted R-squared:  0.318 
## F-statistic: 141.6 on 4 and 1202 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16
## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = voteLegit ~ (pDem_Rep + pInd_Not) + foxPerception + 
##     otherMediaPerception, data = d)
## 
## Standardized Coefficients::
##          (Intercept)             pDem_Rep             pInd_Not 
##            0.0000000           -0.2431231            0.1568096 
##        foxPerception otherMediaPerception 
##           -0.1207183            0.3408677
## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = voteLegit ~ (pDem_Rep + pInd_Not), data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -3.1679 -0.8920  0.1080  0.8321  2.1080 
## 
## Coefficients:
##             Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)  3.34447    0.03645  91.749  < 2e-16 ***
## pDem_Rep    -1.27585    0.07156 -17.828  < 2e-16 ***
## pInd_Not     0.56202    0.09058   6.205 7.52e-10 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.138 on 1204 degrees of freedom
##   (29 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.2326, Adjusted R-squared:  0.2313 
## F-statistic: 182.4 on 2 and 1204 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16
## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = voteLegit ~ (pDem_Rep + pInd_Not), data = d)
## 
## Standardized Coefficients::
## (Intercept)    pDem_Rep    pInd_Not 
##   0.0000000  -0.4504079   0.1567542

𝑍 = β1−β2/sqrt((SEβ1)2+(SEβ2)2)

c. assessing differences in the pDem_Rep parameter when media measures are added as controls: Using output from lm.beta commands, so that the parameters are standardized

## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = voteLegit ~ (pDem_Rep + pInd_Not), data = d)
## 
## Standardized Coefficients::
## (Intercept)    pDem_Rep    pInd_Not 
##   0.0000000  -0.4504079   0.1567542
## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = voteLegit ~ (pDem_Rep + pInd_Not) + foxPerception + 
##     otherMediaPerception, data = d)
## 
## Standardized Coefficients::
##          (Intercept)             pDem_Rep             pInd_Not 
##            0.0000000           -0.2431231            0.1568096 
##        foxPerception otherMediaPerception 
##           -0.1207183            0.3408677
## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = voteLegit ~ (pDem_Rep + pInd_Not), data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -3.1679 -0.8920  0.1080  0.8321  2.1080 
## 
## Coefficients:
##             Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)  3.34447    0.03645  91.749  < 2e-16 ***
## pDem_Rep    -1.27585    0.07156 -17.828  < 2e-16 ***
## pInd_Not     0.56202    0.09058   6.205 7.52e-10 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.138 on 1204 degrees of freedom
##   (29 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.2326, Adjusted R-squared:  0.2313 
## F-statistic: 182.4 on 2 and 1204 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16
## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = voteLegit ~ (pDem_Rep + pInd_Not) + foxPerception + 
##     otherMediaPerception, data = d)
## 
## Residuals:
##     Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max 
## -3.3653 -0.7999  0.1392  0.7739  2.8750 
## 
## Coefficients:
##                      Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept)           2.40004    0.11331  21.181  < 2e-16 ***
## pDem_Rep             -0.68869    0.08439  -8.161 8.34e-16 ***
## pInd_Not              0.56222    0.08568   6.562 7.89e-11 ***
## foxPerception        -0.12612    0.02736  -4.609 4.47e-06 ***
## otherMediaPerception  0.51439    0.04189  12.278  < 2e-16 ***
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1.072 on 1202 degrees of freedom
##   (29 observations deleted due to missingness)
## Multiple R-squared:  0.3202, Adjusted R-squared:  0.318 
## F-statistic: 141.6 on 4 and 1202 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16
## [1] -1.873408

9. PLOTS!

figure 1

voteconf <- as.data.frame(cbind(d[d$election_timing != "Pre-election",]$party_factor, d[d$election_timing != "Pre-election",]$ownvote_conf, d[d$election_timing != "Pre-election",]$overallvote_conf))

voteconf <- as.data.frame(cbind(voteconf, d[d$election_timing != "Pre-election",]$election_timing))

names(voteconf) <- c("party_factor", "Own","Nationwide", "election_timing")

voteconf$party_factor <- recode_factor(voteconf$party_factor, `1` = "Democrat", `2` = "Republican", `3` = "Independent")

voteconf$election_timing <- recode_factor(voteconf$election_timing, `During-election` = "Interregnum", `Post-election` = "Declared")

voteconffull.df <- tidyr::gather(voteconf, Vote_Type, Confidence, Own:Nationwide, factor_key=TRUE) 

voteconf.df <- voteconffull.df[voteconffull.df$election_timing != "Pre-election",]

voteConf.party_plot <- ggplot(voteconf.df[!is.na(voteconf.df$party_factor),], 
  aes(x = election_timing, y = Confidence)) +
  geom_violin(alpha = .6, aes(fill = party_factor)) +
  geom_point(stat = 'summary', fun = 'mean', size = 1) +
  geom_path(stat = 'summary', fun = 'mean', aes(group = 1, col = party_factor)) +
  stat_summary(fun.data = mean_cl_normal, geom = "errorbar", position = position_dodge(.9), width=.1, fun.args = list(mult = 1)) +
  facet_grid(Vote_Type ~ party_factor)

voteConf.party_plot + 
  scale_fill_manual(values = c('dodgerblue','red3','orchid4')) +
  scale_color_manual(values = c('dodgerblue','red3','orchid4')) +
  xlab("Election Phase") +
  ylab("Vote Legitimacy") +
  theme_classic()
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figure 2

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figure 3

# creating df with only media measures, party ID, and election timing
media <- as.data.frame(cbind(d[,c("party_factor", 
                                  "election_timing",
                                  "mediaExposure_1",
                                  "mediaExposure_2",
                                  "mediaExposure_3",
                                  "mediaExposure_4",
                                  "mediaExposure_5",
                                  "mediaExposure_6",
                                  "mediaExposure_7",
                                  "mediaExposure_8",
                                  "mediaExposure_9",
                                  "mediaExposure_10",
                                  "mediaExposure_11",
                                  "mediaExposure_12",
                                  "mediaExposure_13",
                                  "mediaExposure_14",
                                  "mediaExposure_15",
                                  "mediaTrust_1",
                                  "mediaTrust_2",
                                  "mediaTrust_3",
                                  "mediaTrust_4",
                                  "mediaTrust_5",
                                  "mediaTrust_6",
                                  "mediaTrust_7",
                                  "mediaTrust_8",
                                  "mediaTrust_9",
                                  "mediaTrust_10",
                                  "mediaTrust_11",
                                  "mediaTrust_12",
                                  "mediaTrust_13",
                                  "mediaTrust_14",
                                  "mediaTrust_15")]))

media[,18:32] <- media[,18:32] + 3

media$media_1 <- rowMeans(media[,c(3,18)], na.rm = T)
media$media_2 <- rowMeans(media[,c(4,19)], na.rm = T)
media$media_3 <- rowMeans(media[,c(5,20)], na.rm = T)
media$media_4 <- rowMeans(media[,c(6,21)], na.rm = T)
media$media_5 <- rowMeans(media[,c(7,22)], na.rm = T)
media$media_6 <- rowMeans(media[,c(8,23)], na.rm = T)
media$media_7 <- rowMeans(media[,c(9,24)], na.rm = T)
media$media_8 <- rowMeans(media[,c(10,25)], na.rm = T)
media$media_9 <- rowMeans(media[,c(11,26)], na.rm = T)
media$media_10 <- rowMeans(media[,c(12,27)], na.rm = T)
media$media_11 <- rowMeans(media[,c(13,28)], na.rm = T)
media$media_12 <- rowMeans(media[,c(14,29)], na.rm = T)
media$media_13 <- rowMeans(media[,c(15,30)], na.rm = T)
media$media_14 <- rowMeans(media[,c(16,31)], na.rm = T)
media$media_15 <- rowMeans(media[,c(17,32)], na.rm = T)

media.df <- tidyr::gather(media, Source, Perception, media_1:media_15, factor_key=TRUE) 

media.df$Source <- recode_factor(media.df$Source, "media_1" = "NYTimes", "media_2" = "WSJ", "media_3" = "WashPost", "media_4" = "USAToday", "media_5" = "Fox News", "media_6" = "CNN", "media_7" = "MSNBC", "media_8" = "Yahoo", "media_9" = "HuffPost", "media_10" = "AOL", "media_11" = "NPR", "media_12" = "ABC", "media_13" = "NBC", "media_14" = "CBS", "media_15" = "PBS")

media.df$Source <- factor(media.df$Source, levels = c("Fox News", "ABC", "AOL", "CBS", "CNN", "HuffPost", "MSNBC", "NBC", "NPR", "NYTimes",  "PBS", "USAToday", "WashPost", "WSJ", "Yahoo"))

media_plot <- ggplot(media.df[!is.na(media.df$party_factor),],
  aes(x = Source, y = Perception, fill = party_factor)) +
  geom_bar(stat = 'summary', fun = 'mean', position = position_dodge(.9), alpha = .9) +
  stat_summary(fun.data = mean_cl_normal, geom = "errorbar", position = position_dodge(.9), width=.1, fun.args = list(mult = 1)) 

media_plot +
  scale_fill_manual("Participant Partisan ID", values = c("dodgerblue", "red3", "orchid4")) +
  xlab("Media Source") +
  ylab("Consumption of/Trust in Media Source") +
  coord_cartesian(ylim = c(1,5)) +
  theme_blank() +
  theme(axis.text.x = element_text(angle = 45, hjust = 1)) 
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