Replication Data for: How Ideology Fuels Affective Polarization (doi:10.7910/DVN/B9OYRP)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for: How Ideology Fuels Affective Polarization

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/B9OYRP

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2015-10-07

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Bibliographic Citation:

Rogowski, Jon; Sutherland, Joseph, 2015, "Replication Data for: How Ideology Fuels Affective Polarization", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/B9OYRP, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:s6G7e+XDtltrO2Z0aqf30A== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for: How Ideology Fuels Affective Polarization

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/B9OYRP

Authoring Entity:

Rogowski, Jon

Sutherland, Joseph

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Access Authority:

Rogowski, Jon

Depositor:

Rogowski, Jon

Date of Deposit:

2015-10-06

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/B9OYRP

Study Scope

Keywords:

Social Sciences

Abstract:

Scholars have reached mixed conclusions about the implications of increased political polarization for citizen decision-making. In this paper, we argue that citizens respond to ideological divergence with heightened affective polarization. Using a survey experiment conducted with a nationally representative sample of U.S. citizens, we find that increased ideological differences between political figures produce increasingly polarized affective evaluations, and that these differences are especially large among respondents with stronger ideological commitments and higher levels of political interest. We provide further support for these findings in an observational study of citizens’ evaluations of the U.S. Senators from their state. We also find that the polarizing effects of ideological differences can be largely mitigated with biographical information about the public officials, which suggests that the pernicious consequences of ideological polarization can be overcome by focusing on matters other than political disagreement.

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Other Study Description Materials

File Description--f2712100

File: anes data.tab

Number of cases: 19712
No. of variables per record: 13
Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

Notes:

UNF:6:M+z7lK7QK1t6BAlp5wEhFA==

File Description--f2712099

File: experiment data.tab

Number of cases: 1997
No. of variables per record: 13
Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

Notes:

UNF:6:NH0RIegt3j0mRR5JEx77EQ==

Variable Description

List of Variables:

age
female
race
education
pid7
ideology
affective_polarization
cong
polarization
cluster - group(statecode cong)
interest
same_party
extreme
weight
XTESS078 - samvar: XTESS078
XPARTY7 - Party ID 7
PPAGE
PPEDUC - Education (Highest Degree Received)
PPETHM - Race / Ethnicity
PPGENDER - Gender
polarized
candAtherm
candBtherm
ideology
ext_very_interested
bio_info

Variables

age

f2712100 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 45.37021821480027; Valid 18743.0; Min. 17.0; Max. 99.0; StDev 17.69458650614621;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:s33ITaNEFd/gJBd/UeNQBw==

female

f2712100 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 18808.0; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.5548702679710764; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.4969933465642453

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:VFreoNr/zDCOoQgo/Z4UwA==

race

f2712100 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; Mean 1.5087437830899975; Max. 7.0; StDev 1.1142202703985657; Valid 18699.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:7cVgwCzmv9uUG2gLM/wTWA==

education

f2712100 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; Valid 18582.0; Max. 4.0; StDev 0.9108165401700085; Mean 2.5699601765149143;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:ijh9Ag6FjrFox7Qr66VI6A==

pid7

f2712100 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 7.0; Valid 18629.0; Min. 1.0; StDev 2.0255867557990013; Mean 3.643298083633055;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:+XMupuL8R/C1XKlAjb8+QQ==

ideology

f2712100 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; StDev 1.3910094758845126; Valid 13353.0; Mean 4.261214708305241; Max. 7.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:r3t8ggP9iZPymXUosy/1YQ==

affective_polarization

f2712100 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 11629.0; StDev 19.2002545219314; Mean 17.78906182818819; Min. 0.0; Max. 100.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:W9EHF3y9dOtHzAnfkC415A==

cong

f2712100 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 101.20332792207807; Valid 19712.0; Max. 110.0; StDev 4.631305539956139; Min. 95.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:mSgsgBktOqRRvIEdNGCuXA==

polarization

f2712100 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.31818550599043516; Min. 0.0020000000949949026; Max. 1.0609999895095825; StDev 0.2823169826652965; Valid 18808.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:TUVPc1e5mR303FgoRgGhZQ==

group(statecode cong)

f2712100 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; Max. 327.0; Mean 168.0560399830067; StDev 94.86523505212496; Valid 18808.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:/YpCG/vS2ifgPe7yVn8ejw==

interest

f2712100 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 16558.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.26386036960985504; Max. 1.0; StDev 0.4407377978309022

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:tnmwerUwLUophrCJ8dRK9Q==

same_party

f2712100 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.5573254870129777; Valid 19712.0; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; StDev 0.49671551726550783

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:TB26PnJph9lCvKL/L47i6w==

extreme

f2712100 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.9263440874276331; Mean 1.070021717966; Valid 13353.0; Min. 0.0; Max. 3.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:Kywu5o6mjKEr6wbkx7uHbQ==

weight

f2712099 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 1997.0; Mean 1.0000250375563349; Max. 3.87; StDev 0.7329747973027602; Min. 0.14;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:4uUV7L+hXQ6WgQLtytzoWA==

samvar: XTESS078

f2712099 Location:

Value	Label	Frequency	Text
2.	Condition B
4.	Condition D
1.	Condition A
3.	Condition C

Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; Max. 4.0; StDev 1.121612355461051; Valid 1997.0; Mean 2.5112669003505252;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:TLncK5uuCfc0yi0F6A1qSg==

Party ID 7

f2712099 Location:

Value	Label	Frequency	Text
4.	Undecided/Independent/Other
9.	Missing
8.	Dummy
3.	Leans Republican
7.	Strong Democrat
5.	Leans Democrat
1.	Strong Republican
6.	Not Strong Democrat
2.	Not Strong Republican

Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; Mean 4.222834251377066; StDev 2.0918103930589895; Max. 7.0; Valid 1997.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:AWRlQmyaz02n34fIR0LUmg==

PPAGE

f2712099 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 16.540418216156876; Mean 49.70105157736609; Min. 18.0; Max. 94.0; Valid 1997.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:agiWpL9P3cLSa+9H7ww/nQ==

Education (Highest Degree Received)

f2712099 Location:

Value	Label	Frequency	Text
4.	7th or 8th grade
2.	1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th grade
10.	Some college, no degree
5.	9th grade
-2.	Not asked
9.	HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE - high school DIPLOMA or the equivalent (GED)
8.	12th grade NO DIPLOMA
-1.	REFUSED
3.	5th or 6th grade
6.	10th grade
11.	Associate degree
13.	Masters degree
1.	No formal education
7.	11th grade
12.	Bachelors degree
14.	Professional or Doctorate degree

Summary Statistics: Mean 10.248873309964946; Min. 1.0; Valid 1997.0; Max. 14.0; StDev 2.0004145318087927

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:yU7Pal1mSJ5JjTPprgVddA==

Race / Ethnicity

f2712099 Location:

Value	Label	Frequency	Text
-1.	REFUSED
1.	White, Non-Hispanic
4.	Hispanic
3.	Other, Non-Hispanic
-2.	Not asked
5.	2+ Races, Non-Hispanic
2.	Black, Non-Hispanic

Summary Statistics: Valid 1997.0; StDev 1.103538234422349; Mean 1.5653480220330498; Min. 1.0; Max. 5.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:7/AmDtW33EN4+0yteRuz/w==

Gender

f2712099 Location:

Value	Label	Frequency	Text
-1.	REFUSED
2.	Female
-2.	Not asked
1.	Male

Summary Statistics: Max. 2.0; Mean 1.5212819228843262; StDev 0.4996719957586045; Min. 1.0; Valid 1997.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:YzlqjbAKhbc0zYWbcgIgWg==

polarized

f2712099 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 1997.0; Mean 0.5092638958437654; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.500039386187654

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:vGNYzEvfE/3pwEEbsMzbug==

candAtherm

f2712099 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 100.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 50.03144654088051; StDev 21.004075969813158; Valid 1749.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:lj4DnBzvTnX0SZR2u3JaVg==

candBtherm

f2712099 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Valid 1737.0; Mean 53.92400690846288; Max. 100.0; StDev 20.99975269922297

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:eqCW5kMuHj0VGkZ6TbaYDA==

ideology

f2712099 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 2.458411968962627; Max. 11.0; Min. 1.0; Valid 1959.0; Mean 6.4977029096477805;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:JqnM1nuO6mO545wtrFk4AA==

ext_very_interested

f2712099 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.5035353535353523; StDev 0.5001138084348369; Valid 1980.0; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:ZMFqhKsIaJ50pznUdTKaOg==

bio_info

f2712099 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.500072498288896; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.5072608913370056; Valid 1997.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:I/wH3Bgg9TIgfBWqQ6EyWA==

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

anes replication.do

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application/x-stata-syntax

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

experiment replication.do

Notes:

application/x-stata-syntax