The Limits of Partisan Motivated Reasoning in Congress

• In Event: Partisanship, Legislator Behavior, and Electoral Representation

Brief Overview

The paper argues and demonstrates empirically that COVID-19 infection causes legislators to break with their parties and reduce their expressed opposition to policies aimed at mitigating the spread of COVID-19.

Authors

• Zachary Dickson, University of Glasgow

• Tevfik Murat Yildirim, University of Stavanger