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How identity, not issues, explains the partisan divide

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Tags: politics.usa, usa, science.political, partisanship, identity, author.cameron brick, author.sander van der linden, source.scientificamerican, paywall
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Authors
Cameron Brick, Sander van der Linden
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880 words

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    Conservatives appear particularly likely to feel cold towards liberals, even conservatives who hold very liberal issue positions. One solution might be to appeal to a larger unifying category:...

    Conservatives appear particularly likely to feel cold towards liberals, even conservatives who hold very liberal issue positions.

    One solution might be to appeal to a larger unifying category: Americans.

    I wonder however, if America's requirement to register a party preference when registering to vote causes unnecessary self identification with a particular political party.

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