Red and blue states: dichotomized maps mislead and reduce perceived voting influence
Abstract In the United States the color red has come to represent the Republican party, and blue the Democratic party, in maps of voting patterns. Here we test the hypothesis that voting maps dichotomized into red and blue states leads people to overestimate political polarization compared to maps i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2023-02-01
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| Series: | Cognitive Research |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-023-00465-2 |