🚨 What happens with voters when politicians use simpler language?
New @thejop.bsky.social paper with @rsenninger.bsky.social: simple language changes not just what citizens understand, but who they think politicians are.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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How does the level of sophistication in political messages affect citizens? While
research has examined how politicians use this element to distinguish themselves,
little is known about how it resonat...
But too telling that she even feels the need to justify why she chose to appeal to rather than attack the Greens. I would go further: Labour need to learn how to work together with other parties left of centre, and quickly. This requires talking to voters (as Davis says), but also to politicians.
Taking a stand ✋️🧍
These authors 🧵 use survey data across 9 countries to assess the downstreams consequences of #AffectivePolarization & intervene to successfully reduce participants #AffectivePolarization in 6 of the 9, improving interpersonal relations and social norms
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This is excellent by Rowenna Davis- much to learn for Labour (and other local campaigns) here re story telling, social media, ground game and campaign strategy. thinklabour.co.uk/thinking/the...
Wow!
This from a ‘progressive’ government
While people with similar political views tend to grow closer over time, friendships between those who start out politically distant rarely shift opinions, suggesting social influence depends strongly on initial similarity in beliefs www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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The (alleged) consequences of affective polarization: A survey experiment in nine democracies
