Ideological Asymmetries in Motivated Reasoning and the Mechanisms of Attitude Polarization: A Two-Wave Survey Experiment

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

Brief Overview

We investigate two mechanisms that can exacerbate polarization of opinions in response to political information. These mechanisms can further explain why ideological differences occur in opinion polarization and motivated reasoning

Authors

• Davide Morisi, Collegio Carlo Alberto

• John Jost, New York University

• Matthew Goldberg, Yale University