Putting Within-Country Political Differences in (Global) Perspective.

ABSTRACT: The current political discourse in the United States focuses on extreme political polarization as a contributor to ills ranging from government shutdowns to awkward family holidays. And indeed, a large body of research has documented differences between liberals and conservatives-primarily focused on Republicans and Democrats in the United States. We combine large international surveys and more fine-grained surveys of United States citizens to compare differences in opinion between Republicans and Democrats to the full range of world opinion on moral issues (N = 37,653 in 39 countries) and issues of free speech (N = 40,786 in 38 countries). When viewed in the full distribution, polarization between Democrats and Republicans appears relatively small, even on divisive issues such as abortion

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Rada X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7179846 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature