Healthy democratic polities feature competing visions of a good society but also require
some level of cooperation and institutional trust. Democracy is at risk when citizens become …

A review of research findings and polling data about Americans' attitudes on climate change
reveals a lack of meaningful long-term change in mass opinion. Instead, the structure of …

This book offers a novel perspective on British elections, focusing on the importance of
increasing electoral volatility in British elections, and the role of electoral shocks in the …

Public opinion in the United States contains a paradox. The American public is symbolically
conservative: it cherishes the symbols of conservatism and is more likely to identify as …

This article considers the impact of public opinion on public policy, asking:(1) how much
impact it has;(2) how much the impact increases as the salience of issues increases;(3) to …

This article uses data from the American National Election Studies and national exit polls to
test Fiorina's assertion that ideological polarization in the American public is a myth. Fiorina …

Although politics at the elite level has been polarized for some time, a scholarly controversy
has raged over whether ordinary Americans are polarized. This book argues that they are …

For more than two decades political scientists have discussed rising elite polarization in the
United States, but the study of mass polarization did not receive comparable attention until …

▪ Abstract Recent commentary points to clear increases in ideological polarization between
the major American political parties. We review the theoretical and empirical literature on …

Highlights•Opinions about climate change have polarized based on partisan orientation.•A
preeminent explanation for climate change attitude polarization is directional motivated …