Identity,ideology, and personality: Examining moderators of affective polarization in New Zealand |
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| Institution: | 1. San Diego State University, USA;2. University of Canterbury, New Zealand;3. University of Auckland, New Zealand;1. University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria;2. University of Applied Labour Studies, Mannheim, Germany;3. GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim, Germany;1. Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado at Boulder, 419 UCB, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA;2. Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA;1. Department of Psychology Bowling, Green State University, United States;2. Department of Philosophy Bowling, Green State University, United States;3. Department of Philosophy, Texas Tech University, United States;4. Department of Psychology Bowling, Green State University, United States |
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| Abstract: | Affective polarization (i.e., differences in evaluations of the in-party and out-party) has important implications for political outcomes including civic engagement and partisan-motivated attitudes and behaviours. In this study, we add to the burgeoning literature on affective polarization by examining moderators of the effect of in-party support on out-party opposition across the three main political parties in New Zealand. Using a large national probability sample of adults (N = 19,078), we assessed the effects of social demographics, Big-Five personality traits, liberal-conservative ideology, political identity centrality, and weekly news exposure on the relationship between in-party and out-party support. Results show political identity centrality is the strongest and most consistent moderator. The effects of some other moderators (e.g., personality, news exposure) are party-specific. |
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| Keywords: | Affective polarization Personality Party support Ideology Partisanship Multiparty system |
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