Jesus Was a Refugee: An Experiment on the Effect of Values-Aligned Messages on Opinion

• In Event: On Depolarizing, Persuading, Cajoling, and Solving Problems

Brief Overview

We ran a pre-registered experiment on values-aligned messages and refugee opinion among white evangelical Republicans. Religious messages can shift opinion, source cues matter for strong evangelicals, and strength of partisan identity matters.

Authors

• Stephanie L. DeMora, University of California-Riverside

• Jennifer L. Merolla, University of California-Riverside

• Brian Newman, Pepperdine University

• Elizabeth (Liz) J. Zechmeister, Vanderbilt University