IMAP: A Tweet-Based Index of Messaging and Affective Polarization among U.S. Partisan Elites

• In Event: JSS: Measurement in Political Psychology

Brief Overview

I develop and validate a measure of elite partisan messaging and affective polarization using tweets from U.S. politicians. This measure can be used to better understand the consequences of partisan polarization for elite behavior and representation.

Author

• Samuel Frederick, Columbia University