The Roots of Intolerance Through Ideological Conflict: The Role of Disgust

• In Event: In Your Feelings: Emotions in Politics

Brief Overview

Using survey experiments, we test the role of disgust as a predictor of ideological intolerance. Compared to other factors examined, including the perceived power of the target group, we find that disgust is the strongest predictor of intolerance.

Authors

• Frank John Gonzalez, University of Arizona

• Stephen Schneider