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Title: IDEOLOGICAL DIVERSITY IN SOCIAL INTERACTIONS AND POLITICAL POLARIZATION
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Publication Year: 2020
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Abstract: Can socializing with people who disagree with you reduce political polarization? I answer this question using a shock that induces us to socialize and discuss politics with a more ideologically diverse set of people: Thanksgiving. I use both Canada/U.S. comparisons (exploiting the fact that Thanksgiving occurs at different times in the two countries), as well as a series of Canadian electoral reforms affecting the timing of elections, to show that people converge towards the political viewpoints of their families after Thanksgiving and that this reduces polarization. These results suggest that increasing political diversity within our social circles can reduce polarization.
Url: http://www.kirstencornelson.com/uploads/5/2/3/7/52377999/thanksgiving_oct16.pdf
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Authors: Cornelson, Kirsten
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