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This article uses two theories of political perception, displacement theory and political cue theory, to analyze the abortion issue. Although both theories are supported, neither can account for the anomaly of collective misperception of Ted Kennedy's position. Experimentally manipulating the salience of politics and religion affected perception of Kennedy's position in a way that supported an extended version of political cue theory.
Donald Granberg (Tue,) studied this question.