Testing the Limits of Partisan Polarization: Elite Rhetoric and Attitudes Towards Federal Architecture​

• In Event: Polarization and Extremism

Brief Overview

In an experiment, participants read about an executive order by Trump or Biden to establish or remove classical architecture as the preferred style for federal buildings. Both treatments reduced preferences for classical architecture among Democrats.

Authors

• Benjamin Carter, Dartmouth College

• Alessandro Del Ponte, The University of Alabama

• Connor McMenamin, The University of Alabama