Does Political Incivility Polarize? Considering the Role of Intergroup Dynamics

• In Event: On Affective Polarization

Brief Overview

I evaluate whether the effect of in-elite political incivility on affective polarization is moderated by strength of partisan identity and whether incivility aggravates affective polarization when the partisan in-group status is threatened.

Author

• Bryan T. Gervais, The University of Texas at San Antonio