Researchers looked at people’s positions on specific issues, rather than just whether they identified as conservative or liberal. They found 43% of self-identified conservatives supported mostly left-leaning policies on topics like spending, climate action, immigration, and vaccine mandates.
Abstract. How do voters use left-right ideological labels as shortcuts for policy positions in evaluating electoral candidates? We offer a distinction betw
As I mentioned in the below thread, this project involved many feats of engineering, led by the fantastic @markptorres.bsky.social. If you're a CS or CSS person interested in the gory details, see his blog post:
markptorres.com/research/202...
✨New paper out @nature.com ✨ For 8 weeks around the 2024 US election, we randomly assigned 2,000 people to use social media algos we built ourselves. Do engagement-based algorithms amplify intergroup, moral & emotional (IME) content—and does that distort how we see political norms? 🧵🔗 👇
