Rural Americans trust government less, no matter who’s president. This trend persists regardless of whether a Republican or Democratic president is in office, offering new insights into the political divide between rural and urban America.
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PsyPost
New study: Rural Americans trust government less, no matter who’s president
New research has found that living in and identifying with rural areas are linked to lower trust in the federal government. This highlights an enduring urban-rural divide.
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In the US, individuals overwhelmingly choose news that aligns with their partisan views, reinforcing political divides. However, this pattern is far less pronounced in Hong Kong and nearly absent in Japan, raising questions about cultural and political factors that influence news consumption.
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#NewsConsumption #PartisanViews #PoliticalDivide #CulturalInfluence #MediaBias
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PsyPost
Partisan news habits strikingly more common in the United States than Japan or Hong Kong
A recent study found that while Americans actively avoid news that contradicts their political views, such behavior is minimal in Japan and moderate in Hong Kong.
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Partisan Americans are willing to electorally reward co-partisan Presidents and Governors who say they will disregard Supreme Court decisions their party does not like.
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#PartisanPolitics #ElectoralReward #SupremeCourt #PoliticalDivide #Governance
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Cambridge Core
Executives Strike Back: Political Benefits of Sanctioning the U.S. Supreme Court | Journal of Law and Courts | Cambridge Core
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Unmarried voters are more inclined to support Democratic presidential candidates compared to married. Higher proportion of Black voters among unmarried individuals and lower levels of religious observance in this group compared to married voters, significantly contribute to this political divide.
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PsyPost
Racial and religious differences help explain why unmarried voters lean Democrat
A new study reveals a significant and growing "marital gap" in U.S. presidential elections: unmarried individuals consistently vote more Democratic than married people.
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Political left is more trusting of climate scientists than right 🌍. This divide is worse in wealthier democracies 💰 and English-speaking nations 🇬🇧🇺🇸. Researchers call this the “post-industrial paradox” - as nations develop, some see science 🔬 as less essential to progress, making them more skeptical.
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EurekAlert!
Global study finds political left more trusting of climate scientists than right
A sweeping 26-country study reveals a consistent gap in trust toward climate scientists based on political ideology, with right-leaning individuals reporting lower trust than their left-leaning counterparts. The divide is especially stark in wealthier democracies…
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A new study shows Facebook's ad algorithm can reinforce political divides in climate messaging 🌍📊. Ads calling for action tend to reach liberals ✊ – while contrarian ads are cheaper in conservative areas 💰.
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#FacebookAds #ClimateMessaging #PoliticalDivide #SocialMediaEthics #AdvertisingImpact
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Nature
Facebook algorithm’s active role in climate advertisement delivery
Nature Climate Change - Content delivery algorithms on social media exhibit biases in audience selection, which are understudied in the climate context. This study combines observational analysis...
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US political and social polarization has increased by 64% since 1988, with nearly all of the rise occurring after 2008, as the financial crisis, the rise of social media, and an asymmetric ideological shift—particularly on the left—coincided to widen divisions, according to a long-term study.
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The Royal Society
A new measure of issue polarization using k-means clustering: US trends 1988–2024 and predictors of polarization across the world
Abstract. Political issue polarization worries scholars and the public alike. To understand what drives political issue polarization, longitudinal analyses
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