ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

Relative Group Strength of the Party over Policy Effect: Pandemic Edition

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Political Psychology

  • Christopher Corlett
    University of Colorado Boulder

Abstract

The party over policy effect suggests that individuals use their party's policy position as a decision making heuristic whether or not that position conflicts with previous positions. Does a large scale crisis affect its presence? Are conservatives or liberals more susceptible to this effect? Is it measurable internationally?

Politics