New paper "Political polarization on COVID-19 pandemic response in the United States" with the great @SciComGuy & @professorcostas. We find clear polarization on COVID-19 response from perceived risk to trust in experts to mask wearing (1/5).
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Paper's finally out (data was collected under Trump). In two national samples we find clear evidence of ideological asymmetries. In Study 1 (exploratory), conservatives perceive less risk, trust #COVID experts less, & report fewer protective health behaviors (2/5)
In Study 2 (YouGov, confirmatory, pre-registered) we replicate these patterns & find clear polarization. Conservatives think Trump & U.S. government are doing a great job but don't trust journalists, advisors, WHO, & engage in fewer behaviors such as mask wearing (3/5).
We then matched with gubernatorial party data and find again evidence of polarization: liberals with a Democratic Governor have more trust in their Governor handling the pandemic than conservatives and vice versa (4/5).
Effect-sizes are generally large for asymmetries which we discuss in the context of both bottom-up psychological explanations for polarization on #COVID19 as well as the role of elite cues and top-down signals @JohnJost1 @jayvanbavel @STWorg
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