Political Violence Polls Misleading and Promote Polarization

• In Event: Public Opinion, Polling, and Polarization

Brief Overview

Using AI-assisted cognitive interviewing and counterfactual experiments, we show that recent polls suggesting surprisingly high support for political violence in the U.S. are highly inaccurate and contribute to political polarization.

Authors

• Ryan P. Kennedy, The Ohio State University, Main Campus

• William Minozzi, The Ohio State University, Main Campus

• Laura M Moses, The Ohio State University