We designed this study to examine the question of party polarization within the electorate. We asked people to play a modified version of the whack-a-mole arcade game. Participants were randomly assigned to whack either celebrities, politicians, or foreign dictators, an exercise that produced... -
Polarization Across Party Lines, or Politics as Contact Sport
We designed this study to examine the question of party polarization within the electorate. We asked people to play a modified version of the whack-a-mole arcade game. Participants were randomly assigned to whack either celebrities, politicians, or foreign dictators, an exercise that produced...-
By Shanto Iyengar and Richard Morin