Have heads cooled? Changes in radical partisanship from 2020–2022
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6435101 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Evan W Sandlin (0000-0002-9268-6120, University of Southern California, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 102-114 |
| Publication date | 2023-11-13 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Elections Public Opinion & Parties (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1368-9886 • E-ISSN: 1745-7297 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17457289.2023.2277446 |
| OpenAlex | W4388668765 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 21 |
Recent polling shows significant levels of radical partisanship among the US public in the form of violent partisan schadenfreude and violent partisan attitudes. Previous research shows that the partisan intensity underlying these sentiments increases around presidential elections and when political actors use violent rhetoric. Has lethal mass partisanship declined in the years after the 2020 election, especially now that one of the main purveyors of violent rhetoric has left office? This paper uses panel data from the Understanding America Study (UAS) to show how levels of radical partisanship have changed from the post-election period of 2020 to the same time period in 2021 and 2022. The results demonstrate that rates of violent partisan attitudes have declined in 2021 and 2022 compared to 2020, especially amongst those who were most supportive of former President Donald Trump. However, changes in partisan schadenfreude have no discernable pattern. The results demonstrate both that radical partisanship is not on a uniformly upward trajectory but likely decreases and increases with changes in political context, and that elements of radical partisanship do not vary in parallel
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Uncivil Agreement
Radical American Partisanship
Conspiracy theories, election rigging, and support for democratic norms
Deciding to support violence
Politics, schadenfreude, and ingroup identification
Electoral Cycle Fluctuations in Partisanship
Election Night’s Alright for Fighting
Electoral Competition and Partisan Affective Polarisation in Spain
Campaign Effects on the Accessibility of Party Identification
Partisan schadenfreude and candidate cruelty
Fueling the Fire
How campaigns polarize the electorate
Belief in conspiracy theories and attitudes toward political violence
Threat, Anxiety, and Support of Antiterrorism Policies
The Hostile Audience
The Partisan Affinities of Independent ‘Leaners
The Electoral Consequences of Affective Polarization? Negative Voting in the 2020 US Presidential Election
The Origins and Consequences of Affective Polarization in the United States
Affect, Not Ideology
"President Trump and the "Fringe
Affective polarization and the salience of elections
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |