Anchoring of political attitudes

Courtney Broscious, Brianna Halladay and Rachel Landsman

Economics Letters, 2024, vol. 243, issue C

Abstract: This paper studies the malleability of individuals’ political attitudes to simple anchors. Using an online survey experiment, we provide participants with the policy preference of one anonymous previous survey respondent. We exogenously vary whether participants are shown a Republican-aligned or Democrat-aligned response. We demonstrate that anchoring has a significant effect on an individual’s stated political attitudes even with this minimal anchor. Our results support the susceptibility of individuals to be easily persuaded through strategic anchoring.

Keywords: Economic experiments; Anchoring; Political attitudes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C91 D01 D91 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2024.111944

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