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Identity fusion and affective polarization

Research on identity fusion and affective polarization as factors that explain extreme negative reactions to political figures

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Jan 27, 2026
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What impact do derogatory slurs against political figures have on public discourse and polarization?

directed at political figures erode norms of civility, amplify , and can catalyze reciprocal escalation among elites and publics; scholarship links hostile political language to deteriorating intergro...

Jan 12, 2026

How do measurement methods (feeling thermometers vs. trait attributions vs. experiments) change findings about partisan hostility?

Different tools for measuring partisan hostility—feeling thermometers, trait attributions, and behavioral experiments—tend to tell overlapping but not identical stories: thermometers are broad and sen...