#12053. Partisanship, Religion, and Issue Polarization in the United States: A Reassessment

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Abstract:
Researchers debate issue polarization, as well as what role social identities such as partisanship and religion play in it. We believe that social identities may lead to issue polarization, as long as identifiers have the constraint necessary to connect their identities to each issue. It is hypothesized that partisanship should structure polarization on nearly any salient issues, while the impact of religious identities should be concentrated among cultural issues. We then introduce an original measure of issue polarization: abortion, same-sex marriage, teaching Intelligent Design in public schools, displaying the Ten Commandments on government property, and anti-transgender bathroom bills, and five non-cultural issues (welfare, healthcare, immigration, the environment, and the size of the military). A sizeable minority of the population holds polarized views on each issue. Partisanship structures polarization on nearly all of these issues, while religions impact is mostly concentrated on cultural issues.
Keywords:
Culture wars; Issue polarization; Partisanship; Religion

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