Over recent decades, political polarization and geographic identity have emerged as intertwined drivers of voting patterns across democracies. Polarization refers to the growing ideological distance ...

Exploring political behavior and polarization through the lens of social identity theory (SIT) provides insights into how individuals' self-concepts are shaped by their group memberships, influencing ...

There was a time, not all that long ago, when the idea that American political life was dangerously polarized was controversial, and often vehemently denied. In 2004, Morris Fiorina and his co-authors ...

The U.S. experiences the widest ideological divides when compared to the U.K., France and Germany, according to a study conducted by Pew Research Center in 2021. The study found the views of American ...