The Impact of Survey Mode on the Measurement of Polarization in the Public: 2016-2020 U.S. Panel Evidence

• In Event: Measurement in Public Opinion Surveys

Brief Overview

I argue that measures of partisan affect are more vulnerable to mode effects than other indicators of polarization. I find that mode has an influence on indicators of affect but not measures of issue polarization or partisan-ideological sorting.

Author

• Judd Thornton, Georgia State University