Generational Change in Affective Polarization and Partisanship:
An Age-Period-Cohort Accounting

Laura Stoker

doi:10.33774/apsa-2020-351m7

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Generational Change in Affective Polarization and Partisanship: An Age-Period-Cohort Accounting

29 September 2020, Version 1

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Laura Stoker

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Abstract

Analyzes ANES data from 1964-2016 to show the role of generational replacement in fueling trends in affective polarization, identification as an independent, and the decline of Democratic dominance in the distribution of party identifiers both inside and outside of the South.

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