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The Downsian roots of affective polarization
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Abstract
A growing literature studies the relationship between ideological and affective polarization. By taking a Downsian approach to affective polarization we contribute to this literature and demonstrating that affective polarization is driven by congruence between citizens and their party, relative to o... view more
A growing literature studies the relationship between ideological and affective polarization. By taking a Downsian approach to affective polarization we contribute to this literature and demonstrating that affective polarization is driven by congruence between citizens and their party, relative to other parties, in the general liberal-conservative space and across a host of salient issue domains. We find robust support for our theory using individual-level national election survey data from the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and Finland. Moreover, we find that ideological differences inform affective polarization independently from partisan identifications and that they drive more out-party animosity than in-party affinity. These findings have implications towards a more unified understanding of the citizen determinants of affective polarization and the role ideology plays in shaping the views held by partisans across democracies.... view less
Keywords
polarization; voting behavior; democracy; ideology; liberalism; conservatism; United States of America; Finland; Great Britain; Federal Republic of Germany
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
affective polarization; downsian ideological proximity; democratic politics; lLatent variable scaling; Nachwahl-Querschnitt (GLES 2017) (ZA6801 v4.0.1))
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Page/Pages
p. 1-13
Journal
Electoral Studies, 82 (2023)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2023.102581
ISSN
0261-3794
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed