Partisanship as a Social Identity: Implications for Polarization

2020/07/29 by Emily West, Emily A. West, Shanto Iyengar · 7 citations
Social Sciences · #Electoral Systems and Political Participation #Social Media and Politics #Social and Intergroup Psychology

paper · doi:10.1007/s11109-020-09637-y

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