Partisan Next Door - Stereotypes of Party Supporters Consequences for Polarization in

We use text analysis and experimental methods to explore Americans' stereotypes of partisans and how those influence partisan polarization.

List of contents

1. Partisan Conflict and Stereotypes; 2. Party Images in the American Electorate; 3. The Content of Partisan Stereotypes; 4. Party Images and Partisan Polarization; 5. Responsible Partisanship.

Summary

In the United States, politics has become tribal and personalized. Using data from surveys, experiments, and Americans' own words, we explore the content of partisan stereotypes and find that they come in three main flavors—parties as their own tribes, coalitions of other tribes, or vehicles for political issues.

Product details

• Authors: Ethan C. Busby, Ethan C. Howat Busby, Adam J. Howat, Jacob E. Rothschild, Richard M. Shafranek
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781009100311
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0910031-1
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in American Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state