Polarization of climate politics results from partisan sorting: Evidence from Finnish Twittersphere

• Published in: Global environmental change Vol. 71; p. 102348
• Main Authors: Chen, Ted Hsuan Yun, Salloum, Ali, Gronow, Antti, Ylä-Anttila, Tuomas, Kivelä, Mikko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2021
• Subjects: climate; Climate politics; global change; immigration; Issue alignment; Partisan sorting; Political polarization; politics; public opinion; Social networks; Social networks; Issue alignment; Climate politics; Partisan sorting; Political polarization

•Alignment between political issues is an important part of political polarization.•Preferences toward climate politics and immigration politics are strongly aligned.•Issue alignment is limited to specific domains in the Finnish multiparty system.•Partitioned Twitter network data reveals positions t...