APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Why We All Can't Just Get Along: Economic Inequality Increases Political Polarization
- Jacqueline Boland
University of California, Berkeley - Daniel Stancato
University of California, Berkeley - Serena Chen
University of California, Berkeley
Abstract
We tested the hypothesis that heightened economic inequality would increase political polarization. Perceptions of inequality as high or low were manipulated, and desire for social distance from those with opposing political beliefs was measured. Perceiving inequality as high led to an increased desire for social distance, but only among liberals.
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