Why are external threats perceived through a partisan lens?

• In Event: Elites, Diplomacy, and the Politics of Foreign Perception

Brief Overview

We show that partisans report different evaluations regarding same external threat, and hypothesize this is due to the unfamiliarity of foreign affairs that causes citizens to follow political elites on matters of U.S. national security

Authors

• Itamar Yakir, Yale University

• Nicholas Sambanis, Yale University