Does Informing Partisans About Partisan Bias Reduce Partisan Bias?

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Does Informing Partisans About Partisan Bias Reduce Partisan Bias?

Diogo Ferrari

Abstract

This registered report study examines whether informing partisans about the party cue effect reduces partisan bias in policy judgments. It employs an experimental design in which subjects are informed that party cues induce people who identify with a party to take policy positions because the party does and that there are potential drawbacks of relying on party cues instead of reflecting on the policy content. The hypothesis is that those who are aware of the party cue effect will be less likely to rely on party cues when making policy judgments compared to those who are not informed.