Through Partisan Colored Glasses: Democratic Backsliding and Perceived Electoral Legitimacy in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election

• In Event: Polarization and Conspiracy Theories

Brief Overview

This project seeks to explain factors that predict acceptance and perceived fairness and legitimacy of the 2020 election, as well as to examine the downstream implications of outcome rejection and openness to support for political violence.

Authors

• Christina E. Farhart, Carleton College

• Joseph Vitriol, Stony Brook University