Affective Personality Polarization: Evidence from Political Elites and the Mass Public

• In Event: Legislator Attributes & Relationships and Their Behavioral Implications

Brief Overview

Using data from an original survey of former U.S. Congressmembers and then Cooperative Election Survey, we demonstrate a significant in- vs. out-party bias in personality assessments of elected officials among both elites and the
mass public.

Authors

• Adam Joseph Ramey, New York University Abu Dhabi

• Jonathan D Klingler, University of Mississippi

• Gary Edward Hollibaugh, University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus