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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Partisan Polarization"”.
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Presidential power and partisan polarization
… States Congress. This essay evaluates how that polarization has fundamentally reshaped the opportunities for the president to influence the voting decisions of members of Congress. The first chapter lays out a basic framework for understanding the possibilities for presidential persuasion in the …
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A Blue-Green Divide? Elite and Mass Partisan Dynamics in Taiwan
… dissertation aims to investigate the bases of partisan differentiation and degree of polarization since Taiwan's 2000 presidential election. By employing American concepts and theories of partisan polarization, I analyze Taiwan's party politics at both the elite and mass levels. At the elite …
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Essays on complexity and causality in political science research
… model to examine the interaction between partisan polarization and partisan segregation in the US in recent decades. Existing research that looks at mass partisan polarization and geography in conjunction focuses exclusively on the extent of partisan geographical sorting but neglects the …
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Depolarizing Environmental Policy: Identities and Public Opinion on the Environment
<p>High levels of partisan polarization on environmental policies, and on climate change in particular, have led to policy gridlock in the United States. While most Americans rely on their partisan identities to guide their policy preferences on highly polarizing issues, other non-partisan …
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Elections Have Consequences: Moral Value Foundations Ensure Gridlock through the Ballot Box
<p>In the midst of unprecedented partisan polarization in the voting public and congressional gridlock in Washington, research in moral psychology has implicated reliance on differing moral value foundations between liberals and conservatives as a determinant of partisan divides. While Moral …
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Use of Defensive and Receptive Reasoning Strategies and Receptiveness to Opposing Political Views
… < .001. Having more liberal attitudes, attitude polarization (extreme attitudes), and partisan polarization (extreme republican-democrat identification) were associated with less receptiveness. Gender and republican-democrat identification were not related to receptiveness. Defensive reasoning …
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Mobilizing Affect: The Rhetoric and Circulation of Popular Political Satire News Shows
… forces or sources of apathy that exacerbate partisan polarization.</p>