Replication Data for: \"The Electoral Consequences of Issue Frames\"

What happens after issue frames shape public opinion? We offer an account of the downstream effects of issue frames on candidate choice. We then use three studies combining issue framing experiments with conjoint candidate choice experiments to directly assess these downstream effects. Despite an ideal setting for elite influence on public opinion, we find that frames ultimately have modest effects on how the public later evaluates politicians. Our theoretical framework highlights two sources of this disconnect. Frame-induced opinion change is only one component, often outweighed by other factors, in candidate choice and the issues most amenable to framing are the least relevant for evaluating candidates. This introduces a new consideration into debates about the political consequences of issue frames. Even after they change the public’s policy opinions, issue frames may still have limited implications for other political outcomes.议题框架（issue frames）塑造公众舆论后，会产生何种后续影响？本文系统阐释了议题框架对候选人选择的下游效应。随后，我们通过三项将议题框架实验与联合候选人选择实验（conjoint candidate choice experiments）相结合的研究，直接实证评估上述下游效应。尽管该研究设置了精英影响公众舆论的理想场景，我们仍发现，议题框架最终仅对公众后续的政客评价行为产生了温和的影响效应。本文的理论框架揭示了这一背离现象的两大成因：在候选人选择过程中，由框架诱导产生的舆论变化仅为其中一个影响维度，且常被其他因素所抵消；而最易受框架影响的议题，恰恰与政客评价的关联性最弱。这一发现为议题框架的政治后果相关学术辩论引入了新的思考维度：即便议题框架能够改变公众的政策态度，其对其他政治结果的影响仍可能十分有限。