How Issue Consensus Turns to Dust
Agreement on a common agenda drops off as soon as partisan cues get tripped.
Partisan polarization has been fingered as the cause of any number of problems in contemporary politics from the rise of divided government and ideological extremism to beliefs in conspiracy theories and the spread of misinformation. A less examined aspect of how partisan sectarianism degrades democracy involves the role of party cues in turning issue a…
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