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Electoral Competition and Partisan Affective Polarisation in Spain

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  • Isabel Rodríguez
  • Diego Santamaría
  • Luis Miller

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Previous studies have reported that political competition increases partisan affective polarisation. We test this hypothesis using the four waves of a survey on affective polarisation in Spain and a repeated measures design. Two of these waves were conducted during two electoral campaigns. This allows us to study whether in-group and out-group sentiments are affected by election proximity. Differences in sentiments towards in-group and out-group members increase with elections. However, this is mostly driven by an increase in positive sentiments towards the in-group. Elections also increase negative affects towards out-group members, but to a lesser extent. In Spain, these elections hardly affected territorial affective polarisation.

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  • Isabel Rodríguez & Diego Santamaría & Luis Miller, 2022. "Electoral Competition and Partisan Affective Polarisation in Spain," South European Society and Politics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(1), pages 27-50, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:fsesxx:v:27:y:2022:i:1:p:27-50
    DOI: 10.1080/13608746.2022.2038492
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    1. Azucena Penelas-Leguía & Estela Nunez-Barriopedro & Jose María López-Sanz & Rafael Ravina-Ripoll, 2023. "Positioning analysis of Spanish politicians through their Twitter posts versus Spanish public opinion," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 10(1), pages 1-11, December.

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