Election outcomes and social trust in polarized times
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19218679 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Williamson (0000-0001-8707-7593), Amber Hye-Yon Lee (0000-0001-9679-0796), Daniel Rubenson (0000-0001-6887-2735), Iva Srbinovska, David Sumantry (0000-0002-8846-5704), Jonah Davids, Annika Maulucci, Kristina Kisin |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 101 |
| Pages | 103082-103082 |
| Publication date | 2026-05-12 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Electoral Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0261-3794 • E-ISSN: 1873-6890 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.electstud.2026.103082 |
| OpenAlex | W7160960827 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 62 |
Blind trust · Express trust · Social media · Social trust · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Political Conflict and Governance · Social Capital and Networks
The effect of partisanship and political advertising on close family ties
Electoral integrity matters
Who trusts others
Cross-Country Trends in Affective Polarization
Political Competition, Partisanship, and Interpersonal Trust Under Party Dominance
Political Identity and Trust
The Impact of Survey Mode on the Measurement of Polarization in the Public
Partisanship and generalized trust in response to the 2016 U.S. presidential election
Determinants of generalized trust
Fear and loathing across party lines’ (also) in Europe
Narrowing the Legitimacy Gap
Nail-biters and no-contests
National Elections and Political Attitudes
Political Homophily in Social Relationships
Compulsory Voting Diminishes the Relationship between Winning and Satisfaction with Democracy
The Limits of Partisan Prejudice
The Dynamics of Electoral Integrity
Polarization Eh? Ideological Divergence and Partisan Sorting in the Canadian Mass Public
Winning, Losing and Satisfaction with Democracy
It’s Largely a Rigged System
Red and Blue States of Mind
Does Politics Influence Hiring? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
The Winner Takes It All
Social Trust in Polarized Times
Election outcomes, legislative representation, and satisfaction with democracy
Trust, Social Capital, Civil Society, and Democracy
The dynamics of the winner–loser gap in satisfaction with democracy
Losers lose more than winners win
Sweet victory, bitter defeat
The tie that divides
Sore losers on election night? Examining the temporal emergence of the winner–loser gap
What Are the Origins of Political Trust
Local Candidate Effects in Canadian Elections
Affective Polarization in the Canadian Party System, 1988–2021
Fear and Loathing across Party Lines
Social Capital and the Quality of Government
Winning, Losing and Political Trust in America
Critical Citizens and Submissive Subjects
Political Competition, Partisanship and Interpersonal Trust in Electoral Democracies
The Moral Roots of Partisan Division
The Origins and Consequences of Affective Polarization in the United States
Affect, Not Ideology
Winning cures everything? Beliefs about voter fraud, voter confidence, and the 2016 election
Affective polarization in multiparty systems
Social trust and affective polarization in Spain (2014-19)
Interventions to reduce partisan animosity
Interventions reducing affective polarization do not necessarily improve anti-democratic attitudes
Ethnic Diversity and Social Trust
How General Is Trust in "Most People"? Solving the Radius of Trust Problem
Differentiating winners
What makes people believe that their party won the election
Economic inequality, winner-loser gap, and satisfaction with democracy
Going back to the well
Electoral losers revisited - How citizens react to defeat at the ballot box
Partisan losers' effects
Social trust and the winner-loser gap
Testing the Robustness of the Anes Feeling Thermometer Indicators of Affective Polarization
Predicting Cross-National Levels of Social Trust
Social Cohesion and Its Correlates
Moral opinion polarization and the erosion of trust
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |