Building Bridges: improving affinity towards outpartisans through shared identity and imagined interpersonal discussion

• In Event: Experiments in Elections and Partisanship

Brief Overview

We are interested in identifying ways to reduce affective polarization in the United States. Using imagined intergroup contact, we examine whether emphasis on a non-political shared identity can positively impact individual's outpartisan attitudes.

Authors

• Hyo-Won Shin, University of Central Arkansas

• Isaiah Rose Raynal, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign