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POLITICAL BEHAVIOR
卷 44, 期 2, 页码 725-748出版社
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-020-09633-2
关键词
Trust in government; Gun control; Public opinion; Polarization
The effect of trust in government on policy support depends on the broader political context. In a highly partisan environment, individuals who do not trust the government may view even small policy costs with caution, which can lead to larger costs down the line.
Declining trust in government is often cited as the cause of declining support for policies that require ideological sacrifices. Yet pivotal to the effect of trust is the broader political context, which can vary over time. In a context of deep partisan divisions, for individuals who do not trust the government, even small ideological costs can signal the beginning of a process that leads to much larger ideological costs down the line-a process akin to a slippery slope. We demonstrate the conditional relationship between partisan divides, governmental trust, and support for policy through empirical tests that focus on the case of gun control. We first show that the effect of trust in government on conservatives' gun control attitudes increases as polarization over the issue grows. We then use a continuum of gun control policies to demonstrate that the effect of trust on policy support can follow a slippery slope structure during polarized points.
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