Third Time’s the Charm?: Repeated Treatments of Affective Polarization and Changes in Democratic Norm Support

• In Event: Shaping Attitudes about Democracy

Brief Overview

Theory and observational work link affective polarization to democratic norm support, yet experiments find no effect. Yet one-shot designs assume immediate change. I test three multiweek manipulations to assess impact and explain the gap.

Author

• Libby Jenke, University of Houston