Does the Public “See” More Party Elite Conflict Now Than in the Past? Maybe Not: Analyzing Media Reports of Political Elites’ Inter-Party Conflict and Cooperation

• In Event: What Do They Want Anyways? How Parties Are Perceived

Brief Overview

We analyze media reports of elite-level, inter-party cooperation and conflict in various western party systems between 2001 and 2022, and early returns seem to contrast with scholarly assumptions relating to trends in affective polarization.

Authors

• James Adams, University of California-Davis

• Simon Weschle, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Christopher Wlezien, University of Texas at Austin