It has often been assumed that many citizens have become what can be defined as psychologically attached to political parties. Through the assumption that political parties serve as representative groups for a significant proportion of countries populace, many citizens associate themselves as what (Campbell, Gerald, & Warren, 1954) would describe as psychologically with one or the other of the parties. Theoretically, these forms of psychological attachments from citizens have been argued to explicitly connect an individual to their preferred political party whilst enabling the individual to view politics from a partisan perspective. (Dalton, 2006). Partisanship is an enabler in the sense that it has oriented individuals into the complexities of politics, whilst it has provided the citizen an understanding of political issues and orientated the individual towards making knowledgeable political judgements.
