Partisanship as a Social Identity: Implications for Polarization

The claim that partisanship has developed into a social identity is one of the dominant explanations for the current rising levels of affective polarization among the U.S. electorate. We provide evidence that partisanship functions as a social identity, but that the salience of partisan identity—in...

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Published in:Political behavior 2022-06, Vol.44 (2), p.807-838
Main Authors: West, Emily A., Iyengar, Shanto
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Affirmation
Bias
Group identity
Hostility
ORIGINAL PAPER
Partisanship
Polarization
Political factors
Political Science
Political Science and International Relations
Political Science and International Studies
Salience
Self concept
Selfaffirmation
Social identity
Sociology
Voters
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