The dynamics of issue salience: immigration and public opinion
By: Hannah L Paul, Jennifer Fitzgerald
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Issue salience is an important dimension of public opinion and democratic politics. When mass publics are deeply concerned about particular societal issues, they can shape political debates, contests, agendas, and outcomes. Given the shifting politicization of certain issues in advanced democracies and the heightened importance of people issue positions for their vote choices, fresh insights into the dynamics of issue salience are increasingly valuable. A review of existing research reveals that we have a great deal to learn about the way salience emerges and shifts among regular people in democratic societies. Compounding the need for knowledge about issue salience is the growing diversity of advanced democratic societies.Ìý
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