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Learning to Dislike Your Opponents: Political Socialization in the Era of Polarization

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  • TYLER, MATTHEW
  • IYENGAR, SHANTO

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Early socialization research dating to the 1960s showed that children could have a partisan identity without expressing polarized evaluations of political leaders and institutions. We provide an update to the socialization literature by showing that adolescents today are just as polarized as adults. We compare our findings to a landmark 1980 socialization study and show that distrust in the opposing party has risen sharply among adolescents. We go on to show that the onset of polarization in childhood is predicted by parental influence; adolescents who share their parents’ identity and whose parents are more polarized are apt to voice polarized views.

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  • Tyler, Matthew & Iyengar, Shanto, 2023. "Learning to Dislike Your Opponents: Political Socialization in the Era of Polarization," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 117(1), pages 347-354, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:117:y:2023:i:1:p:347-354_25
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    1. James N. Druckman & Donald P. Green & Shanto Iyengar, 2023. "Does Affective Polarization Contribute to Democratic Backsliding in America?," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 708(1), pages 137-163, July.

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