The objectivity illusion and voter polarization in the 2016 presidential election.

ABSTRACT: Two studies conducted during the 2016 presidential campaign examined the dynamics of the objectivity illusion, the belief that the views of "my side" are objective while the views of the opposing side are the product of bias. In the first, a three-stage longitudinal study spanning the presidential debates, supporters of the two candidates exhibited a large and generally symmetrical tendency to rate supporters of the candidate they personally favored as more influenced by appropriate (i.e., "normative") considerations, and less influenced by various sources of bias than supporters of the opposing candidate. This study broke new ground by demonstrating that the degree to which partisans displayed the objectivity illusion predicted subsequent bias in their perception of debate performance and

SUBMITTER: Schwalbe MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7474588 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature