Who’s at the Party? Group Sentiments, Knowledge, and Partisan Identity

Kane, John; Mason, Lilliana; Wronski, Julie

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“…Recently, Mason and Wronski (2018) demonstrated that individuals who are closer to party-aligned groups, and cognitively understand the connection between their social identities and the parties, are more strongly attached to their party. Additionally, Kane, Mason, and Wronski (2021) show that mass Republican and Democratic Party identification is shaped by sentiments towards party-aligned groups regardless of one's membership in those groups. These works reveal that both in-group affection and out-group animosity constitute the social roots of partisan affiliation.…”

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“…Most of the research into this phenomenon focuses on the role of partisans' own social identities in shaping their political attitudes and partisan identities (Campbell et al 1960;Green, Palmquist, and Schickler 2004;Mason and Wronski 2018). Yet, emerging research suggests that feelings toward out-groups can also affect partisan identification independently of in-group affiliations (Kane, Mason, and Wronski 2021). Thus, in-group closeness and out-group animosity may differentially affect political preferences depending on the political party or elite in question.…”

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Activating Animus: The Uniquely Social Roots of Trump Support

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Partisanship in American politics is inextricably linked with social identities, and sentiments toward party-aligned groups affect political orientations. However, out-group animosity may operate differently depending on the party or elite. We investigate the extent to which citizens’ animus toward (Democratically aligned) minority groups drove political support for Donald Trump, whose incendiary rhetoric regarding such groups is unique in modern presidential politics. Leveraging panel data beginning before Trump’s candidacy, we find that animus toward Democratic-linked groups in 2011 predicts future support for Trump regardless of party identity. This animus does not predict future support for other Republican or Democratic politicians or either party. Nor do we find that animus toward Republican groups predicts support for Democratic elites. Trump’s support is thus uniquely tied to animus toward minority groups. Our findings provide insights into the social divisions underlying American politics and the role of elite rhetoric in translating animus into political support.

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“…However, this survey also allows me to include a battery of controls by including factors like sexism that may also predict support for certain types of candidates. 6 Throughout the analysis, following work by Kane et al (2021), I use group sentiment, which is feelings toward a group whether an individual is a member of that group or not, as my key independent variable. More specifically, I measure group sentiments by asking respondents: "Of the following groups how close do you feel towards them?…”

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“…Traditionally cross cutting identities tend to weaken partisanship and outgroup animosity (Brader et al, 2014; Mason, 2015; Powell, 1976), but here I show that identities within the Democratic Party impact voter preferences in the direction of one’s identity whether that identity is cross-cutting or not. For example, male gender group sentiment is thought of as a trait predictive of support for Republicans (Kane et al, 2021), but I find that Democrats who score more positively on male gender group sentiment are more likely to support male Democratic candidates. The effects for racial groups are somewhat weaker than the effect of gender groups, but this may be due to the makeup of the field of candidates (discussed in greater detail below).…”

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Divisions in the Big Tent: Group Sentiments and Candidate Preferences within the Democratic Party

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2022

American Politics Research

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Work in political psychology has found that the two major political parties are sorted based on individual’s group attachments. This sorting has resulted in the Democratic Party’s electorate and elites being made up of members from various racial, religious, and social groups. Given this heterogeneity, how do social group identities impact voter preferences in the Democratic primary? Based on social identity theory, I hypothesize that an individual’s feelings toward racial or gender groups should be associated with their candidate preference in the primary election, but only when a candidate’s group identities are known. Using the 2018 American National Elections Studies (ANES) pilot and a nationally diverse survey of 2020 Democratic primary voters, I find that the strength of sentiments toward racial or gender identities is associated with candidate preference and this association is conditioned by the ability to link the candidates to racial or gender groups. This paper shows that the effects of group identity extend beyond simply sorting individuals into one of the two major parties and have the potential to create group-based divisions within the “big tent” of the Democratic Party.

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“…Researchers traditionally assume that political identities are rather stable ( Green et al, 2004 ). However, recent research in the US and the European Union (EU) context is questioning the claim of relatively stable identities ( Egan, 2020 ; Kane et al, 2021 ; Negri et al, 2021 ).…”

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United or divided in diversity? The heterogeneous effects of ethnic diversity on European and national identities

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2021

European Union Politics

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In this article, we argue that the size and cultural proximity of immigrant populations in people's residential surroundings shape national and European identities. This means that the type of migrant population activates cultural threat perceptions and opportunities for contact to varying degrees. Geocoded survey data from the Netherlands suggests that large non-Western immigrant shares are associated with more exclusive national identities, while mixed contexts with Western and non-Western populations show more inclusive identities. These results suggest that highly diverse areas with mixed immigrant populations hold a potential for more tolerance. In contrast, exclusive national identities become strongly pronounced under the presence of sizeable culturally distant immigrant groups.

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Who’s at the Party? Group Sentiments, Knowledge, and Partisan Identity

Cited by 35 publications

References 45 publications

Activating Animus: The Uniquely Social Roots of Trump Support

Activating Animus: The Uniquely Social Roots of Trump Support

Divisions in the Big Tent: Group Sentiments and Candidate Preferences within the Democratic Party

United or divided in diversity? The heterogeneous effects of ethnic diversity on European and national identities

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