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Negative partisanship is the tendency of some voters to form their political opinions primarily in opposition to political parties they dislike. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Whereas traditional partisanship involves supporting the policy positions of one's own party, its negative counterpart in turn means opposing those positions of a disliked party.
Partisanship causes survey respondents to answer political surveys differently, even if the survey asks a question with an objective answer. People with strong partisan beliefs are 12% more likely to give an incorrect answer that benefits their preferred party than an incorrect answer that benefits another party.
Negative effects of polarization on the United States Congress include increased gridlock and partisanship at the cost of quality and quantity of passed legislation. [158] [159] [160] It also incentivizes stall tactics and closed rules, such as filibusters and excluding minority party members from committee deliberations.
Partisan dealignment is a process in which individuals become less partisan in terms of their support for a particular political party. [3]The last decades, since the 1970s, have seen an increase in the process of partisan dealignment in many countries as voters become less connected to their political party. [4]
Wikipedia's coverage of political issues needs to adhere to NPOV in the face of partisanship. Partisanship is the tendency of supporters of political parties to subscribe to or at least support their party's views and policies in contrast to those of other parties. Extreme partisanship is sometimes referred to as partisan warfare (see Political ...
Bitecofer's analysis has appeared on multiple media platforms including MSNBC and the New York Times.She wrote the 2017 book, The Unprecedented 2016 Presidential Election, on the election of Donald Trump and runs a podcast hosted by Substrack titled The Election Whisperer.
Abramowitz, Alan I.; Webster, Steven (March 2016). "The rise of negative partisanship and the nationalization of U.S. elections in the 21st century".
The Pew Research Center political typology (formerly the Times Mirror typology) is a political spectrum model developed by the Pew Research Center.It defines a series of voter profiles that identify specific segments of the electorate.