Affective Polarization and the Cordon Sanitaire of the Alternative für Deutschland: Can Affective Polarization Save Liberal Democracy?

• In Event: Elite Political Attitudes and Behavior

Brief Overview

Parties have conflicting incentives to 1. conform to their ideological and policy goals, and 2. wield power. I argue that affective polarization will increase the extremist penalty, and decrease the likelihood of a center-right/far-right government.

Author

• James Carroll Stewart III, Florida State University