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Do People Automatically Reject Policies Of The Opposite Party?
Not Another Politics Podcast
English - August 31, 2022 12:00 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBGovernment News Politics chicago government academic americanpolitics anthonyfowler notanotherpoliticspodcast political politicalpodcast politicalprofessors politicalscience Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In our hyper-polarized climate, it is often said that partisans determine their policy positions not based on thought and reason but on opposition to the other party. If I’m a Republican and I hear that Nancy Pelosi supports a particular policy, I’ll reflexively take the opposite stance. There is a literature in political science that suggests this is the case, but could it be wrong?
In a new paper, “Updating amidst Disagreement: New Experimental Evidence on Partisan Cues”, our very own Will Howell and Anthony Fowler demonstrate that more robust research designs leads to a completely different conclusion. The American public may be more open to deliberative policy positions than we think; they just need to be given the option.