Self-Selecting into Polarization: College Freshmen Intending Political Careers Are More Ideologically Extreme and Politically Active than Their Peers

• In Event: Parties and Polarization in the Contemporary U.S.

Brief Overview

College freshmen aspiring to political careers are more ideologically extreme and politically active than peers, suggesting elite polarization begins with early self-selection into political career paths.

Authors

• Carlos Andres Algara, Claremont Graduate University

• Lucas Wilder, Claremont Graduate University