How Ideology Fuels Affective Polarization

• Published in: Political behavior Vol. 38; no. 2; pp. 485 - 508
• Main Authors: Rogowski, Jon C., Sutherland, Joseph L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer Science + Business Media 01.06.2016; Springer US; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Citizens; Decision making; Elections; Fuels; Ideology; Intellectuals; Legislators; ORIGINAL PAPER; Polarization; Political Science; Political Science and International Relations; Political Science and International Studies; Politics; Respondents; Sociology; United States > US; Polarization; Affect; Ideology; Electoral competition

Scholars have reached mixed conclusions about the implications of increased political polarization for citizen decision-making. In this paper, we argue that citizens respond to ideological divergence with heightened affective polarization. Using a survey experiment conducted with a nationally repres...