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Who Do You Loathe? Feelings toward Politicians vs. Ordinary People in the Opposing Party

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Scholars, the media, and ordinary people alike express alarm at the apparent loathing between Democrats and Republicans in the mass public. However, the evidence of such loathing typically comes from survey items that measure attitudes toward the Democratic and Republican Parties, rather than attitudes toward ordinary partisans. Using a nationally representative survey, I find that Democrats and Republicans have substantially more positive feelings toward ordinary people belonging to the opposing party than they do toward politicians in the opposing party and the opposing party itself. These results indicate that research relying on measures of feelings toward the opposing “Party” vastly overstates levels of partisan animosity in the American public and demonstrate the need to distinguish between attitudes toward party elites and ordinary partisans in future research.

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  • Kingzette, Jon, 2021. "Who Do You Loathe? Feelings toward Politicians vs. Ordinary People in the Opposing Party," Journal of Experimental Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 8(1), pages 75-84, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:cup:jexpos:v:8:y:2021:i:1:p:75-84_7
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    2. Marcos Mayo-Cubero & Lucía García-Carretero & María-José Establés & Luis-Miguel Pedrero-Esteban, 2023. "The EU as an ATM? Media Perception Analysis of Next Generation Funds in Spain," Media and Communication, Cogitatio Press, vol. 11(4), pages 86-100.

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