Political Partisanship as a Social Identity

The greater levels of political engagement observed among partisans are motivated by their defense of the party. The origins of partisanship in ...

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

This divergence in partisan affect (or affective polarization as it has come to be known in political science) is sufficiently strong to inculcate a sense of.

Partisanship as a Social Identity: Implications for Polarization

We provide evidence that partisanship functions as a social identity, but that the salience of partisan identity—in and of itself—does not ...

Partisanship as a social identity: Implications for polarization.

that partisanship functions as a social identity, but that the salience of partisan identity ... political salience. We also show that partisans can be detached ...

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 ...

Partisanship as a Social Identity: Implications for Polarization

However, we find only limited evidence that when partisan social identity is made less salient, either by way of natural variation in political ...

When partisanship forms our identity - Niskanen Center

We seem to have become partisan animals, with Republican or Democratic identification now tied to all other social identities and political ...

What Kind of Identity is Partisan Identity? “Social” versus “Political ...

Political partisan identity rejects partisanship as expression of authentic private experience deserving of particular recognition, based on a ...

Measuring Partisanship as a Social Identity in Multi-Party Systems

We assess the nature of partisanship in the European context, examining the measurement properties and predictive validity of a multi-item partisan identity ...

How Our Social Group Attachments Strengthen Partisanship

Contrary to the assessments of modern political punditry, Republicans are more susceptible to identity-based politics. KEY WORDS: social sorting, partisanship, ...

Measuring Partisanship as a Social Identity, Predicting Political ...

In addition, the identity scale better predicts in-party voting and political participation than a measure of ideological intensity (based on both left–right ...

Social Identity Theory and Party Identification - jstor

Social identity is a fundamental aspect of partisanship, which, when measured, can lead to superior prediction and understanding of related political attitudes ...

What Kind of Identity is Partisan Identity? “Social” versus “Political ...

I first argue that the harms of polarized partisanship mirror long-standing criticisms of essentialist social identities, including the constriction of agency ...

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

Partisans who view their affiliation as a social identity are more likely to conform to their co-partisan peers—a dynamic largely absent with ...

Left-Right Social Identity and the Polarization of Political Tolerance

A growing literature finds that social identity attachments to ideological and partisan groups often generate mistrust, hostility, ...

Partisanship as a Social Identity: Implications for Polarization

Two of the most central and durable findings in contemporary research in political behavior have been (1) the growing importance of ...

How Social Identity Theory Explains Political Polarization

Partisanship has evolved into a core social identity for many individuals. This phenomenon, often referred to as "identity politics," means that ...

Political party identities stronger than race or religion - Stanford Report

And the strength of that partisan bond – stronger than race, religion or ethnicity – has amplified the level of political polarization in the ...

Beyond disdain: Measurement and consequences of negative ...

I find that negative identification is at least as stable as (positive) partisanship and it predicts hostile attitudes towards out-voters. These findings ...

Partisan Hearts and Minds: Political Parties and the Social Identities ...

Description. In this, the first major treatment of party identification in twenty years, three political scientists assert that identification with political ...