Hi everyone,

This Friday (February 12) from 15:00 till 16:00 we will have another exciting Online Hot Politics Lab meeting. This time Yanna Krupnikov (Department of Political Science, Stony Brook University) will give a talk titled "When and Why Affective Polarization Affects Politics". See below the abstract of the project she will present. The talk will be followed by a Q&A, and everybody is welcome to join via Zoom: https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/96492065253https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuva-live.zoom.us%2Fj%2F96492065253&data=04%7C01%7Cm.d.homan%40uva.nl%7Ce62449744cdb400447a308d8c114693e%7Ca0f1cacd618c4403b94576fb3d6874e5%7C1%7C0%7C637471640919981649%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=lde%2F9LhBvF%2BOMwCXQ8aBzR%2BFJGCKrZeCB0TMIyP9D44%3D&reserved=0 at 3pm (CET).

Title: When and Why Affective Polarization Affects Politics Co-authors: James Druckman, Samara Klar, Matt Levendusky and John Barry Ryan Abstract: Affective polarization is one of the most discussed phenomena of American politics of the last decade. Especially pivotal to affective polarization is partisan animosity - a dislike for the opposing party - which has emerged as more powerful than affinity for one's own party. Although researchers and journalists have often assumed that the affective polarization should have important down-stream effects on political outcomes, there has been relatively little consideration of the political consequences of this phenomenon (Iyengar et al. 2019). The research that has tracked its possible political consequences, however, found that few exist (Broockman et al. 2021). In this project we take a step back and re-consider the role of affective polarization in American politics. First, we consider the individual foundations of affective polarization. Second, we consider why one would (or would not) expect affective polarization to have political implications. Finally, using an over-time panel study, we analyze the conditions under which affective polarization may be most likely to influence political behavior.

If you missed any of the previous online hot politics lab meetings, or just want to watch them again, you can find all video and audio recordings of our last online meetings in our Online Hot Politics Lab Meetings archive here: http://www.hotpolitics.eu/lab-meetings-archive/https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hotpolitics.eu%2Flab-meetings-archive%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cm.d.homan%40uva.nl%7Ce62449744cdb400447a308d8c114693e%7Ca0f1cacd618c4403b94576fb3d6874e5%7C1%7C0%7C637471640919981649%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=QU5kGgqE3wT0BeZsS1cBPE1v8W%2B69C9Q7uEPTAF8O1s%3D&reserved=0.

Have a great rest of the week and hope to see you all Friday!

Best,

Maaike Homan PhD Candidate at the Political Science Department Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research University of Amsterdam Room B10.01 [logo hot politics]