ICPS
2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
The Politics of Pathogens and Pandemics
- Daniel Relihan
University of California, Irvine - Alison Holman
University of California, Irvine - Dana Garfin
University of California, Irvine - Peter Ditto
University of California, Irvine - Roxane Cohen Silver
University of California, Irvine
Abstract
Among two probability-based nationally representative U.S. samples, conservatives reported stronger responses the 2014 Ebola outbreak (N = 3,447) while liberals reported stronger responses to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic (N = 6,514). Political orientation did not predict responses to a familiar, non-politicized pathogen (the seasonal flu) in either sample.
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