Anchoring of political attitudes

IF 2.1 4区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Economics Letters Pub Date : 2024-08-29 DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2024.111944

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Abstract

This paper studies the malleability of individuals’ political attitudes to simple anchors. Using an online survey experiment, we provide participants with the policy preference of one anonymous previous survey respondent. We exogenously vary whether participants are shown a Republican-aligned or Democrat-aligned response. We demonstrate that anchoring has a significant effect on an individual’s stated political attitudes even with this minimal anchor. Our results support the susceptibility of individuals to be easily persuaded through strategic anchoring.

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政治态度的锚定

本文研究了个人政治态度对简单锚点的可塑性。通过在线调查实验，我们向参与者提供了一位匿名前调查对象的政策偏好。我们外生地改变参与者得到的是与共和党一致还是与民主党一致的回答。我们证明，即使是最小的锚定，锚定也会对个人表明的政治态度产生重大影响。我们的研究结果支持了个体通过策略性锚定容易被说服的观点。

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来源期刊

Economics Letters ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

3.20

自引率

5.00%

发文量

348

审稿时长

30 days

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