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The delegate paradox: Why polarized politicians can represent citizens best [PDF]
, 2018 Many advocate for political reforms intended to resolve apparent disjunctures between politicians’ ideologically polarized policy positions and citizens’ less polarized policy preferences.
Ahler, DJ, Broockman, DE
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Reform and Representation: A New Method Applied to Recent Electoral Changes [PDF]
, 2016 Can electoral reforms such as an independent redistricting commission and the top-two primary create conditions that lead to better legislative representation?
Kousser, T, Phillips, J, Shor, B
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Frames and Reasoning: Two Pathways From Selective Exposure to Affective Polarization
International Journal of Communication, 2017 Although an association between congruent exposure to ideological news and affective polarization is well documented, we know little about the mechanisms underlying it. This article explores two possible mechanisms: (1) acceptance of media frames and (2)
Yariv Tsfati, Lilach Nir
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Media-driven polarization. Evidence from the US
Economics: Journal Articles, 2019 The authors use US data on media coverage of politics and individual survey data to document that citizens exposed to more politicized newspapers have more extreme political preferences.
Melki Mickael, Sekeris Petros G.
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Misunderstood Differences: Perception, Media, and Out-Group Animosity in Thailand
Journal of East Asian StudiesIn politically divided environments like Thailand, affective polarization (AP) and social distrust threaten democratic stability and hinder consensus-building.
Tanisa Tawichsri +4 more
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Persuasive Action and Ideological Polarization in Congress
Social Problems, 2021 AbstractWhat drives polarized voting in Congress? This article develops a persuasive action model which argues that polarization in Congress depends on the assertive capacities of social movements, the vulnerability of political officials, and the partisanship of the environments they represent.
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International Journal of Communication, 2014 This study explores ideological polarization among Chinese Internet users by examining both the structure of local belief systems and temporal changes of opinions.
Angela Xiao Wu
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Ideology, Shirking, and the Incumbency Advantage in the U.S. House of Representatives [PDF]
This paper examines how the incumbency advantage is related to ideological voting or legislative shirking that causes the incumbents to diverge from the preference of the median voter using aggregate data for the U.S.
Pavel Yakovlev
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Electoral surveys influence on the voting processes: a cellular automata model
, 2002 Nowadays, in societies threatened by atomization, selfishness, short-term thinking, and alienation from political life, there is a renewed debate about classical questions concerning the quality of democratic decision-making.
Althusser +14 more
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Polarization and Ideological Weaving in Twitter Discourse of Politicians
Social Media + Society, 2019 The form and functions of political discourse have considerably taken a new orientation with the evolving ways of communication. Twitter is a platform that is increasingly preferred by the political elites for the purpose of gaining public acclaim and ...
Farzana Masroor +3 more
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