Abstract: . . .  political psychology Page 1 To appear in Political Psychology (2001) Compassionate Politics: Support for Old-Age Programs Among the Non-Elderly Leonie Huddy Department of Political Science SUNY at Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 11794-4392 (516) 632-7639 lhuddy@datalab2.sbs.sunysb.edu Jeffrey M. Jones Gallup Organization Richard E. Chard Department of Political Science Georgia State University Page 2 2 Thanks are due to the staff of the Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan, for collecting and distributing the data. . . .
. . .  one’s immediate interests by, for example, varying the amount of taxes one pays for the program. We would gain a much better understanding of the political role of compassion from experiments like this. Page 28 25 Finally this type of research could also be used to analyze the role of sympathy and positive group affect in conveying compassion. The findings from the current study demonstrate that positive feelings and sympathy for group members affect policy support independently of group need, political predispositions, or interests. We adopted a narrow definition and very specific measure of compassion to ensure theoretical and empirical clarity in this research. But positive feelings and sympathy for the elderly play an additional role in shaping policy support. An experimental approach would allow us to get at the origins of these positive feelings by manipulating group need in ways that extend beyond economic hardship to include physical helplessness and social isolation. Limits to . . .
. . .  political psychology Page 1 To appear in Political Psychology (2001) Compassionate Politics: Support for Old-Age Programs Among the Non-Elderly Leonie Huddy Department of Political Science SUNY at Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 11794-4392 (516) 632-7639 lhuddy@datalab2.sbs.sunysb.edu Jeffrey M. Jones Gallup Organization Richard E. Chard Department of Political Science Georgia State University Page 2 2 Thanks are due to the staff of the Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan, for collecting and distributing the data. Page 3 Abstract This . . .
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