US partisans view each other with increasing negativity. While many attribute the growth of such affective polarization to nationally cross-cutting forces, such as ideological partisan sorting or access to partisan media, others emphasize the effects of contextual and institutional forces. For the first time, we introduce and explore data sufficiently granular to fully map the extent of partisan animosity across the US states. With a massive, nationally representative survey we find that, counter to expectations, variation in affective polarization across states is relatively small, and is instead largely a function of individual-level attitudinal (but not demographic) characteristics. While elections pit regions of the country against others, our results suggest affective polarization is a national, not regional, problem, requiring national interventions.
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Northwestern Univ, Polit Sci, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
Northwestern Univ, Inst Policy Res, Evanston, IL 60208 USANorthwestern Univ, Polit Sci, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
Druckman, James N.
Klar, Samara
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Univ Arizona, Sch Govt & Publ Policy, Tucson, AZ 85721 USANorthwestern Univ, Polit Sci, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
Klar, Samara
Krupnikov, Yanna
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SUNY Stony Brook, Dept Polit Sci, Stony Brook, NY 11794 USANorthwestern Univ, Polit Sci, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
Krupnikov, Yanna
Levendusky, Matthew
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Univ Penn, Polit Sci & Courtesy, Annenberg Sch Commun, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
Univ Penn, Annenberg Publ Policy Ctr, Inst Democracy, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USANorthwestern Univ, Polit Sci, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
Levendusky, Matthew
Ryan, John Barry
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SUNY Stony Brook, Dept Polit Sci, Stony Brook, NY 11794 USANorthwestern Univ, Polit Sci, Evanston, IL 60208 USA