Trade-Offs of Self-Policing of Hardball: Out-Party Escalation vs Mobilization

• In Event: Lightning Talk: Polarization, Identity, and Voter Behavior: Exploring Political Attitudes and Partisanship in Contemporary America

Brief Overview

Party elites face conflicting incentives to police their side’s use of anti-democratic acts. Intra-party condemnation reduces the out-party’s willingness to retaliate but also increases out-party mobilization and incurs a penalty among Independents.

Author

• William Kidd, University of California-Irvine