Ideological Vacuums and Perceptions of Electoral Integrity in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election

• In Event: Media Effects in Polarized Contexts

Brief Overview

Using the 2020 ANES, this paper explores the individual-level and contextual predictors that might lead to such ideological isolation and thereby prompt greater suspicion of an electoral outcome that is counter to one’s expectations.

Authors

• Nicholas J. Clark, Susquehanna University

• Rolfe Daus Peterson, Susquehanna University