How Racial Ideology Drives Affective Polarization

• In Event: Political Psychology of Affective Polarization

Brief Overview

Using a pre-registered conjoint experiment, we find that Democrats have a stereotype that a typical Republican is racially prejudiced and this stereotype is strongly associated with negative affect toward the Republican party.

Authors

• Tyler Thomas Reny, Claremont Graduate University

• Kirill Zhirkov, University of Virginia

• Byengseon Bae, Claremont Graduate University