Sensitivity Differences in Age Groups to Affective Polarization: A Look into Voter Turnout in the 2020 American Presidential Election

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Brief Overview

This article analyzes how certain age groups are more sensitive to the influence of affective polarization on voter participation. By modifying the civic voluntarism model, it seeks to explain anomalies in voter turnout between age groups.

Author

• Noah Sisson, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee