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Is Polarization Pushing Us To Hate Each Other?: Is polarization destroying American life, or are things not as bad as the experts say? by Not Another Politics Podcast28 min listen
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Length:
50 minutes
Released:
Nov 15, 2023
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Podcast episode
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We often say on this podcast that the American electorate is not polarized but the elites are, and that this polarization causes policy gridlock. But what if it’s the other way around? Is it possible that gridlock in government is actually causing polarization and a turn toward extremist candidates?That’s the assertion of a paper called “From Gridlock to Polarization” by Barton Lee, the Chair of Political Economy and eDemocracy at ETH Zurich. Lee uses a large-scale online experiment to show how voters become more willing to vote for extremist candidates. It leads to some fascinating implications for how we should think about the consequences of ineffective government.Paper link:https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4521276
Released:
Nov 15, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode