Affective Polarization in the 2022 South Korean Presidential Election: Causes and Consequences

• 영문명: Affective Polarization in the 2022 South Korean Presidential Election: Causes and Consequences
• 발행기관: 한국학술연구원
• 저자명: Hyunki Shin Jae-won Yang Sung Deuk Hahm
• 간행물 정보: 『Korea Observer』Vol 55, No 2, 273~296쪽, 전체 24쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 정치외교학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2024.06.30

영문 초록

In this study, we analyzed the factors that intensified affective polarization among voters during the 2022 South Korean presidential election. We also examined this polarization's effect on their political attitudes, including their satisfaction with democracy, perception of the fairness of elections, and trust in political institutions. We found that the greater the perceived ideological differences between the two parties the People Power Party (PPP) and the Democratic Party ― (DP)―and the more extreme the voter's ideology, the more affective polarization increased. We also found that affective polarization intensified with increasing ideological extremity among all age cohorts except those in their forties. Finally, in contrast to DP supporters, PPP supporters' political attitudes became more negative as their affective polarization increased because the opposing party, the DP, was the governing party. This suggests that affective polarization may polarize support for democratic norms and trust in the political institutions that underpin democracy, depending on one's partisan allegiances.

목차

Ⅰ. Introduction

Ⅱ. Literature Review

Ⅲ. Data and Methods

Ⅳ. Empirical Results

Ⅴ. Conclusion and Discussion

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키워드

affective polarization presidential election democratic norms