Partisan Conformity

Partisan Conformity, Social Identity, and the Formation of Policy ...

In this article, we test the impact of messages signaling political parties' issue stances on citizens' own professed policy preferences.

Partisan conformity, social identity, and the formation of policy ...

While much is known about the influence of partisan elites on mass opinion, relatively little is known about peer-to-peer influence within parties.

What today's GOP demonstrates about the dangers of partisan ...

What today's GOP demonstrates about the dangers of partisan conformity ... With escalating pressure to conform to Trump's vision of the party ...

Partisan Conformity, Social Identity, and the Formation of Policy ...

Using an online experiment conducted with a quasi-representative sample of Americans, we demonstrate across two policy domains (education and international ...

An Exploration of Conformity in Political Discussions - Media.wm.edu

This study aims to understand whether individuals behave like political chameleons, temporarily abandoning their true political opinions to conform to others ...

Polarization, Democracy, and Political Violence in the United States

American voters are less ideologically polarized than they think they are, and that misperception is greatest for the most politically engaged people.

As Partisan Hostility Grows, Signs of Frustration With the Two-Party ...

Partisan polarization has long been a fact of political life in the United States. But increasingly, Republicans and Democrats view not just ...

Partisans' receptivity to persuasive messaging is undiminished by ...

It is widely held that party loyalty and the partisan motivation to conform are 'activated' by party cues and can thereby exert a powerful ...

Partisanship as Social Identity; Implications for the Study of Party ...

“Expressive Partisanship: Campaign. Involvement, Political Emotion, and Partisan Identity. ... “Does Partisanship Affect Compliance with Government Recommen-.

How Partisanship Can Moderate the Influence of Communicated ...

This suggests partisan epistemology is often rooted in accuracy concerns as the impact of partisan motivated conformity is more constrained than most theories ...

Partisan political beliefs and social learning - ScienceDirect.com

... partisans rely on such signals for their informational content versus a desire to conform to partisan norms. Our work relates to several strands of ...

Political Conformity: Evidence and Mechanisms

Yet, in part because of its stealth nature, the ubiquity and power of conformity to influence political beliefs, opinions, and behaviors is not ...

Partisans without Constraint: Political Polarization and Trends in ...

Moreover, the relation between party identification (or liberal-conservative political ideology) and voting behavior has reached its highest level in the last ...

Opinion cascades and the unpredictability of partisan polarization

Fig. 1 The effects of social influence on partisan conformity and partisan alignment. (A) The effect of social influence on partisan conformity ...

The Polarizing Effect of Partisan Echo Chambers | Cambridge Core

... partisan networks can lead to stronger partisan identities through a mechanism of social conformity. People surrounded by just co-partisans ...

To end partisan gridlock, start on your own side of the aisle - The Hill

Turns out I am acutely sensitive to social rejection from my peers, show high partisan conformity across distinct policy issues and am ...

Political party identities stronger than race or religion - Stanford Report

The strongest attachment, according to recent research from a Stanford scholar, is Americans' connection to their political party.

How partisan polarization drives the spread of fake news

What differs is the news sources available to partisans on either side of the political spectrum. In a highly polarized political climate, ...

To end partisan gridlock, start on your own side of the aisle | News ...

I found the results of these surveys unnerving. Turns out I am acutely sensitive to social rejection from my peers, show high partisan conformity across ...

Opinion cascades and the unpredictability of partisan polarization

Conformity was almost at chance among Democrats in the independence condition but not among Republicans, indicating greater intrinsic Republican ...