Measuring norm pluralism and perceived polarization in US politics.

ABSTRACT: Recent research has shown how norms shape political and economic decision-making. Much of this work assumes that a single norm influences the behavior of all people, but in fact, many situations are characterized by the existence of competing normative viewpoints. We apply a method for measuring belief in the simultaneous existence of multiple norms. Such multiplicity arises naturally when norms are associated with distinctive groups, and thus political polarization can be characterized, in part, as a product of diverging norms between groups. We thus assess the validity of our measurement technique by testing whether it can recover polarization on seven salient political issues on which US Democrats and Republicans tend to hold different views. We then compare the norms elicited by our me

SUBMITTER: Panizza F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11475397 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature