Identity and Independents: A New Measure of Affective Polarization

• In Event: Advances in Affective Polarization

Brief Overview

This study explores how independents fit into polarization politics. Do independents feel about themselves and partisan groups? Using unique questions placed on the 2020 CES, results provide evidence that independents have positive in-group affect.

Author

• Eveline M Dowling, University of California-Davis