Can Values-Based Messages Decrease Political Animus and Increase Support for Compromise?

• In Event: Political Psychology of Polarization

Brief Overview

This study uses a pre-registered survey experiment to examine whether emphasizing core Christian and secular values can reduce animus toward opposing groups and increase support for compromise in the U.S. context.

Authors

• Stephanie L. DeMora, University of Pennsylvania

• Jennifer L. Merolla, University of California-Riverside

• Brian Newman, Pepperdine University

• Elizabeth J. Zechmeister, Vanderbilt University