When Partisans Endorse Violence
Some Republican voters supported the January 6th …
An episode of the The Science of Politics podcast, hosted by Niskanen Center, titled "When Partisans Endorse Violence" was published on February 10, 2021 and runs 53 minutes.
February 10, 2021 ·53m · The Science of Politics
Summary
Some Republican voters supported the January 6th storming of the capitol, raising fears that the U.S. will continue to escalate violent extremism, moving everyday partisans toward endorsement of violence against their political opponents. Nathan Kalmoe and Lilliana Mason find that partisanship leads a sizeable minority of Americans to support violence or wish harm on the other party’s leaders and followers, especially after they lose elections. Drawing on survey experiments and history back to the American Civil War, they show the importance of messages in moving us over the brink or back from it.