When Partisans Endorse Violence

<strong>Podcast</strong>: <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-science-of-politics-niskanen-center-cH1PZxQEGqT/">The Science of Politics</a> (LS 39 &middot; TOP 2.5% <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/listen-score/"><small>what is this?</small></a>)<br><strong>Episode</strong>: <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/e/792619d5439c49178860b64340226fd0/">When Partisans Endorse Violence</a><br><strong>Pub date</strong>: 2021-02-10<br><br><img src="https://cdn-images-1.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-science-of-politics-niskanen-center-DBp-JsqZhMN-cH1PZxQEGqT.300x300.jpg" width="150" height="150"></img><br>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.<br><br><small>The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Niskanen Center, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.</small><br>