Abstract:Usual studies of the underpinnings of partisan attachments only consider positive party identifications and the Big Five framework. However, negative party identification is an important understudied side of party identification that affects democratic dissatisfaction and political conflict. This article studies how individual differences such as the Big Five personality traits, narcissistic admiration and rivalry, as well as need for closure affect negative party identification and partisanship types, such as… Show more
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