Affective, Attitudinal and Behavioral Consequences of Ideological Identification in the United States

• In Event: Affective Polarization, Motivated Reasoning, and Public Opinion

Brief Overview

This paper reassess the traditional understanding of ideological identification in the United States, by showing that, contrary to previous research, it is affectively loaded, predictive of attitudes, and determinant of behavior.

Author

• Lucas de Abreu Maia, University of California-San Diego