Political BehaviorPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-08-02DOI: 10.1007/s11109-024-09963-5
James Tilley, Sara Hobolt
{"title":"Narcissism and Affective Polarization.","authors":"James Tilley, Sara Hobolt","doi":"10.1007/s11109-024-09963-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-024-09963-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There are increasing concerns about affective polarization between political groups in the US and elsewhere. While most work explaining affective polarization focuses on a combination of social and ideological sorting, we ask whether people's personalities are associated with friendliness to their political in-group and hostility to their political out-group. We argue that the personality trait of narcissism (entitled self-importance) is an important correlate of affective polarization. We test this claim in Britain using nationally representative survey data, examining both long-standing party identities and new Brexit identities. Our findings reveal that narcissism, and particularly the 'rivalry' aspect of narcissism, is associated with both positive and negative partisanship. This potentially not only explains why some people are more susceptible to affective polarization, but also has implications for elite polarization given that narcissism is an important predictor of elite entry.</p><p><strong>Supplementary information: </strong>The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11109-024-09963-5.</p>","PeriodicalId":48166,"journal":{"name":"Political Behavior","volume":"47 2","pages":"599-618"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12053521/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144016951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Political BehaviorPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-08-28DOI: 10.1007/s11109-024-09969-z
Stefanie Reher, Elizabeth Evans
{"title":"Someone Like Me? Disability Identity and Representation Perceptions.","authors":"Stefanie Reher, Elizabeth Evans","doi":"10.1007/s11109-024-09969-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-024-09969-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Studies have shown that citizens from minoritized groups, including women and people of color, tend to feel better represented by politicians who share their identity, often translating into electoral support. Is this also the case for disabled people, one of the largest yet often ignored minority groups in our societies? Analyses of data from a conjoint survey experiment with 6,000 respondents in the UK and US show that disabled people indeed feel better represented by disabled candidates. This representational link does not require a sense of group identity and is only partly explained by perceptions of shared policy preferences. The study also reveals that non-disabled people feel better represented by non-disabled candidates. The findings highlight the relevance of disability as a political identity, bolstering calls for more disabled people in politics, and might help explain the disability gaps in political trust and participation.</p><p><strong>Supplementary information: </strong>The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11109-024-09969-z.</p>","PeriodicalId":48166,"journal":{"name":"Political Behavior","volume":"47 2","pages":"689-709"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12053203/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144045875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Political BehaviorPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-09-13DOI: 10.1007/s11109-024-09971-5
Sara B Hobolt, Moritz Osnabrügge
{"title":"Countering Authoritarian Behavior in Democracies.","authors":"Sara B Hobolt, Moritz Osnabrügge","doi":"10.1007/s11109-024-09971-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-024-09971-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Democratic stability hinges on voters' commitment to democratic norms, yet there are many examples of voters' willingness to tolerate politicians who violate such principles. This article examines whether critical responses by other politicians can effectively counter the appeal of political candidates who have engaged in authoritarian behavior. We argue that costly action by fellow partisan politicians can reduce the electoral popularity of authoritarian politicians. We test this in a preregistered conjoint experiment embedded in a nationally representative survey in the United Kingdom. The results show that voters are less likely to choose politicians displaying authoritarian behavior, when they are criticized by other legislators, and that such counteractions are particularly effective when they are costly. These findings have important implications, as they show that politicians, especially co-partisans, can play an important role in reducing the appeal of authoritarian politicians.</p><p><strong>Supplementary information: </strong>The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11109-024-09971-5.</p>","PeriodicalId":48166,"journal":{"name":"Political Behavior","volume":"47 2","pages":"781-800"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12052917/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144002014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Manuel C. Schwaninger, Monika Mühlböck, Jan Sauermann
{"title":"Risk Preferences in the Delegation Process","authors":"Manuel C. Schwaninger, Monika Mühlböck, Jan Sauermann","doi":"10.1007/s11109-023-09908-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-023-09908-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48166,"journal":{"name":"Political Behavior","volume":"22 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138949260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Support for Gun Reform in the United States: The Interactive Relationship Between Partisanship and Trust in the Federal Government","authors":"Michael A. Hansen, Mila Seppälä","doi":"10.1007/s11109-023-09907-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-023-09907-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48166,"journal":{"name":"Political Behavior","volume":"261 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2023-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139005874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Millionaire Justices and Attitudes Towards the Supreme Court","authors":"A. Badas, Billy Justus","doi":"10.1007/s11109-023-09905-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-023-09905-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48166,"journal":{"name":"Political Behavior","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2023-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139210266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Racial and Partisan Social Information Prompts Campaign Giving: Evidence from a Field Experiment","authors":"K. H. Cyphers, H. Hassell, Kai Ou","doi":"10.1007/s11109-023-09902-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-023-09902-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48166,"journal":{"name":"Political Behavior","volume":"93 8","pages":"1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2023-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139240303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Panel, E. Paulis, J. Pilet, S. Rojon, D. Vittori
{"title":"The Lure of Technocrats: A Conjoint Experiment on Preferences for Technocratic Ministers in Six European Countries","authors":"S. Panel, E. Paulis, J. Pilet, S. Rojon, D. Vittori","doi":"10.1007/s11109-023-09904-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-023-09904-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48166,"journal":{"name":"Political Behavior","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2023-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139269103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Group Consciousness and the Politics of American Indians","authors":"Natalie Jones-Kerwin, David A.M. Peterson","doi":"10.1007/s11109-023-09903-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-023-09903-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48166,"journal":{"name":"Political Behavior","volume":"58 S2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135476476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}