Fact Does Matter: The Downstream Effect of Factual Belief Updates on Partisans’ Policy Evaluations

• In Event: Information Dysfunction

Brief Overview

We demonstrate that partisans adjust their policy evaluations when presented with facts, even if these conflict with their group identity. However, partisan bias constrains the magnitude of these shifts compared to factual belief updates.

Authors

• Je Hoon Chae, University of California-Los Angeles

• Jeffery Mondak, University of Illinois