This study assesses whether the Democratic Party holds issue ownership over science in the United States. We analyze data from a national survey that asked 1041 adults questions specifically designed to measure perceptions of science ownership. While the results suggest that the Democratic Party does hold a significant advantage in ownership of science in an abstract sense, perceptions of ownership of specific types of science vary across the two parties. Those who identify as Independents drive much of the aggregate perceptions of ownership of science, whereas partisans’ perceptions of issue ownership of science are mostly driven by in-party favoritism. Post hoc analyses suggest that news media use contributes to perceptions of science ownership and reinforces affinity-party preference.

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美国科学所有权问题

这项研究评估了民主党是否拥有美国科学的议题所有权。我们分析了一项全国调查的数据，该调查向 1041 名成年人提出了专门旨在衡量科学所有权认知的问题。虽然结果表明，从抽象意义上来说，民主党在科学所有权方面确实拥有显着优势，但两党对特定类型科学所有权的看法有所不同。那些被认为是独立人士的人在很大程度上推动了对科学所有权的总体看法，而党派人士对科学所有权问题的看法主要是由党内偏袒驱动的。事后分析表明，新闻媒体的使用有助于增强人们对科学所有权的看法，并强化亲和派的偏好。