The motivated construction of political judgments.

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The Unmet Potential of Interdisciplinary Research: Political Psychological Approaches to Voting and Public Opinion (2009, background): “In introducing the theory of motivated reasoning to political science, Lodge and Taber (2000) explicitly build on the on-line (OL) processing theme, with affect serving as the bridge (also see Redlawsk 2001; Taber et al. 2001).”
The Motivated Processing of Political Arguments (2009, background): “In our theory (Lodge and Taber 2000, 2005; Taber and Lodge 2006; Taber et al. 2001), motivated biases are triggered by affective reactions to the evidence or arguments under consideration.”
Triangulating Political Responsibility: The Motivated Formation of Responsibility Judgments (2006, background): “In an effort to harmonize these two theoretical positions, social and political psychologists have recently advanced a broader theory of motivated reasoning in which the effects of motivation on reasoning are mediated by cognitive processes (Baumeister & Newman, 1994; Kunda, 1990; Lodge & Taber, 200”