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  • Study: Political polarization increasingly seeping into nonpolitical social situations

    Oct 28, 2021 8:00 am by Phil CicioraResearch
    Professor Thomas J. Rudolph, an expert in political psychology. Photo by Brian Stauffer

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    • Professor Thomas J. Rudolph, an expert in political psychology. Photo by Brian Stauffer

    Professor Thomas Rudolph: 'On the one hand, it’s reassuring that partisan polarization in social settings is not as pronounced as it is in political settings. On the other hand, the fact that such polarization exists at all in social settings is somewhat troubling.'