POL 346 Lecture 12: Lecutre 12
5 Feb 2019
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Democrats and republicans are sorted ideologically, socially, and geographically. Americans especially dislike partisans from the opposing side. Formed early in life (through parents and socialization) Grounded in social group attachments (race, class, religion, etc). Affective polarization (liking of own party and dislike of people from other party) How did we get here? identities disagreements that partisan politics is where important social group conflicts occur environment. All have increased unfavorable since 1994 ideological. issue sorting has increased over time. Partisanship is a social identity and is grounded in real-world, important and meaningful ex. Partisan disagreements are often proxies for racial group, gender, religious, and/or class. We know from the social identity theory and group consciousness and threat studies. Politics heighten the salience of these identities and occurs in highly competitive. Salience and status competition = group-based behaviors, in-group favoritism, out- Social sorting: sorting of social group identities (race, religion, gender, class, etc). Fewer and fewer people now have cross-cutting identities.
