1.Partisanship is a key factor in most discussions of voting and elections in the contemporary U.S. Yet, Downs does not discuss partisanship at the mass level in any overt fashion. Can a Downsian interpretation of partisanship be constructed?How does AAGR do so and how do they contrast such an interpretation/definition with the standard view of partisanship? Given your reading of the material, is the data discussed in Chapter 8 (of AAGR) more consistent with the standard view of partisanship or the alternative view of partisanship?