Moreover, as individual targets were perceived to be more powerful, they were more likely to be perceived as Republicans by others.
This analysis showed that those targets perceived as Republicans were rated as greater in Power [r 58) = −.33, p = .01] whereas those targets perceived as Democrats were rated as greater in Warmth [r 58) = .40, p = .001]; see Figures 3 and 4. Again, statistically removing the effect of target gender did not change these results: rPower 57) = −.34, p<.01; rWarmth(57) = .39, p = .002.002
And it is the Club for Growth, not the American Bankers Association, that in recent years has backed primary campaigns against those it perceives as Republican apostates.
Voting rights activists in Texas and elsewhere also are pushing back against what they perceive as Republican efforts to suppress voting among young people and minorities, who tend to favor Democrats.
Schools perceived as stronger blocked the way.
MoveOn arose in response to what was perceived as the Republican congressional overreach that resulted in the impeachment of President Bill Clinton.
"As soon as he insisted on going ahead with this move, which was perceived as a Republican maneuver against the President, we lost a significant part of the Democratic Party, without which it was impossible to block the agreement".
For Democrats, the challenge is how to voice their suspicion that overheated rhetoric, especially from the right, is leading to threats and actual violence without being perceived as blaming Republicans for what may have been the act of a lone madman.
Pat Robertson attached himself to George W. Bush when the Texas governor was widely perceived as a moderate Republican whose views on issues like abortion did not conform to the absolutist prohibitions of the religious right.
