Bias and Support for Political Policies

• In Event: Poster Session: Attitudes and Tolerance

Brief Overview

In this paper, I use a 2x2 experimental design to test whether an individual’s assessment of a speech supporting a policy is affected not only by the merits of the policy, but also by the individual’s biases towards the person giving the speech.

Author

• Annika Brynn Soderborg, Brigham Young University-Hawaii