WEBconfirmation bias, motivated reasoning, privatization, trust in government. During the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump prom-ised to fight back aggressively against government waste and inefficiency.
Confirmation bias and signaling in Downsian elections
WEBMay 1, 2020 · In this paper we focus on analysing how confirmation bias that distorts voters' interpretation of information might affect the outcome of competitive elections. The model we study is a version of the classical Downsian model of electoral competition.
The Psychological Research That Helps Explain the Election
WEBDec 25, 2016 · This process, which is a form of what’s called confirmation bias, can help explain why Trump supporters remain supportive no matter what evidence one puts to them—and why Trump’s opponents are...
Optimal Persuasion under Confirmation Bias: Theory and …
WEBIn this paper, I extend a commonly used model of voter learning, the Bayesian learning model, with a behavioral assumption to model confirmation bias. By confirmation bias, I mean that voters perceive signals that confirm their beliefs as more credible than signals that contradict them.
How Does Confirmation Bias Affect the Persuasiveness of Policy ...
WEBSep 28, 2021 · In the paper, I address both theoretically and empirically whether voter confirmation bias – the propensity for individuals to assimilate information which confirms their beliefs – affects how they learn from information about the effects of political reforms.
Cognitive biases and brain biology help explain why facts don’t …
WEBAug 11, 2022 · The election outcome changed survey respondents’ interpretation of how the economy was doing – a confirmation bias led Republicans to rate it much higher now that their guy would be in...
Confirmation bias and signaling in Downsian elections
WEBMay 1, 2020 · We have presented a stylized model of the effect of voter confirmation bias on electoral competition, demonstrating that confirmation bias can counteract strategic distortions to candidates' electoral platforms, and hence increase equilibrium welfare.
United in States of Dissatisfaction: Confirmation Bias Across the ...
WEBSep 19, 2018 · Partisan confirmation bias is critical to understanding modern politics in America. However, our results point to a crosscutting cleavage in American political life that is both meaningfully distinct and substantively important.
Confirmation bias: A psychological phenomenon that helps …
WEBNov 22, 2016 · Confirmation bias is usually described as a tendency to notice or search out information that confirms what one already believes, or would like to believe, and to avoid or discount information...
The Rise of Opinionated News Sources: How Confirmation Bias …
WEBNov 24, 2020 · With confirmation bias playing such a strong role in modern politics and political opinion, it’s easy to understand why it’s so challenging to have meaningful and respectful conversations with those who have opposite opinions.
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