Ideology and Attitudes toward Jews in U.S. Public Opinion: A Reconsideration

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

This is an excellent paper! The paper focuses on mass publics and not on extreme ideologies. The paper claims that there are several limitations of existing research on antisemitism in western mass publics. 1. "Respondent ideology, measured as ideological self-identification, cannot distinguish between individuals who are very liberal (conservative) from extremists of the left and right. 2. existing theory is not strongly rooted in theories of mass opinion formation. 3. existing theories cannot account for the transformation of elites from being strongly antisemitism in the mid-twentieth century to now being stalwartly philosemitic. 4. it is not clear which is the best measures of antisemitic opinion in mass publics."

I find his claims to be very convincing. I am expecting further studies to find a connection between extremists of the left and right and the mass publics. Mass publics do not function in a vacuum.

Author Response

I want to thank the reviewer for the careful review of my paper, and I am pleased the reviewer like the paper so much.

Reviewer 2 Report

The study obviously is extremely timely and an important area for ongoing research. Along with its carefully argued and supported thesis, the paper makes clear the issues with our current level of understanding of the phenomenon of US antisemitism and where it is most prevalently located. So both as a call for additional research and as a statement of a thesis based on what we know now, this is an important addition to scholarship on this topic. I have no suggestions to offer for revision or improvement. 

Author Response

I also thank this reviewer for the careful reading of my paper, and I am extremely pleased that this reviewer also found great merit in my research and paper.