Partisan Reactions to Elite Messages on Hardball: Tension Between Depolarization and Turnout

• In Event: Political Psychology of Polarization

Brief Overview

Cues from party leaders can shape support for hardball tactics. However, party leaders forgoing hardball and signaling a need for compromise lowers future vote intention among partisans complicating efforts to strengthen democratic attitudes.

Author

• William Kidd, University of California-Irvine