دورية أكاديمية
Uncommon and nonpartisan: Antidemocratic attitudes in the American public.
| العنوان: | Uncommon and nonpartisan: Antidemocratic attitudes in the American public. |
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| المؤلفون: | Holliday DE; Department of Political Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305., Iyengar S; Department of Political Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305., Lelkes Y; Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104., Westwood SJ; Department of Government, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755. |
| المصدر: | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America [Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A] 2024 Mar 26; Vol. 121 (13), pp. e2313013121. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 18. |
| نوع المنشور: | Journal Article |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: National Academy of Sciences Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 7505876 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1091-6490 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00278424 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Subsets: MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Original Publication: Washington, DC : National Academy of Sciences |
| مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Attitude* , Politics*, United States ; Consensus |
| مستخلص: | Democratic regimes flourish only when there is broad acceptance of an extensive set of norms and values. In the United States, fundamental democratic norms have recently come under threat from prominent Republican officials. We investigate whether this antidemocratic posture has spread from the elite level to rank-and-file partisans. Exploiting data from a massive repeated cross-sectional and panel survey ([Formula: see text] = 45,095 and 5,231 respectively), we find that overwhelming majorities of the public oppose violations of democratic norms, and virtually nobody supports partisan violence. This bipartisan consensus remains unchanged over time despite high levels of affective polarization and exposure to divisive elite rhetoric during the 2022 political campaign. Additionally, we find no evidence that elected officials' practice of election denialism encourages their constituents to express antidemocratic attitudes. Overall, these results suggest that the clear and present threat to American democracy comes from unilateral actions by political elites that stand in contrast to the views of their constituents. In closing, we consider the implications of the stark disconnect between the behavior of Republican elites and the attitudes of Republican voters. Competing Interests: Competing interests statement:The authors declare no competing interest. |
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| معلومات مُعتمدة: | GR-2022-65104 John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (KF); Polarization Lab CKoch Fnd Charles Koch Foundation (CKF) |
| فهرسة مساهمة: | Keywords: democratic backsliding; democratic norms; polarization |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20240318 Date Completed: 20240320 Latest Revision: 20240405 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20240405 |
| مُعرف محوري في PubMed: | PMC10990094 |
| DOI: | 10.1073/pnas.2313013121 |
| PMID: | 38498713 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
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