The Presidency, Affective Partisanship, and Asymmetric Support for Governmental Institutions

• In Event: Executive Communication, Rhetoric, and the Public

Brief Overview

Citizen perceptions of electoral and non-electoral institutions, and key elites within, are influenced by the president’s partisanship as a key cognitive cue. Experiments show further that this process is moderated by affective partisanship.

Authors

• Ali Shiraz Masood, Rhodes College

• Ryan Strickler, Colorado State University-Pueblo

• Michael Zilis, University of Kentucky