Who Leads in Affective Polarization? Uncovering the Relationship between Mass- and Elite-Level Polarization in European Multi-Party Systems

• In Event: JSS: Elite Cues, Information, and Polarization

Brief Overview

How does emotionally loaded elite-level discourse about partisan competitors affect mass-level affective polarization? This study highlights the importance of elite-level discourse for societal developments.

Authors

• Ivo Bantel, University of Zurich

• Markus Kollberg, University College London