Selecting In and Out of Politics: How Self-Selection Turns Polarization into a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

• In Event: Partisanship, Composition, and Selection

Brief Overview

How does the psychological association between politics and conflict affect who selects into “political” contexts? Five experiments show that more polarized voices select into surveys, focus groups, and even dinner parties labeled “political.”

Authors

• Eric William Groenendyk, University of Memphis

• Yanna Krupnikov, Stony Brook University