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mass polarization: a standalone construct

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Public opinion research

the extent to which ordinary citizens' policy views and ideological self-placements spread toward the extremes or sort by party, as distinct from polarization among elites.

In public opinion research, mass polarization refers to the extent to which ordinary citizens' policy views and ideological self-placements spread toward the extremes or sort by party, as distinct from polarization among elites. This meaning comes from Fiorina (2008) in Annual Review of Political Science.[1]

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  1. Fiorina, M. P., & Abrams, S. J. (2008). Political Polarization in the American Public. Annual Review of Political Science, 11(1), 563-588. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.polisci.11.053106.153836

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