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Replication Data for: Disgust Sensitivity and Public Demand for Protection

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Title Replication Data for: Disgust Sensitivity and Public Demand for Protection
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/6IO5ET
 
Creator KAM, CINDY D.
ESTES, BETH A.
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description We contribute to the growing literature on emotions and politics by focusing on the political relevance of disgust, a basic emotion characterized by visceral aversion to a potentially offensive stimulus. We offer a conceptual clarification of disgust’s potential connection to politics, arguing that individual differences in sensitivity to feeling disgusted inform public demand for policies designed to protect citizens from physical, moral, or imaginary contamination. We show that disgust sensitivity operates independently of political ideology and informs a wide array of protectionist policy preferences across the ideological spectrum, even controlling for other relevant predispositions. Our analyses suggest that disgust sensitivity is distinct from simple outgroup hostility, and the relationship between disgust sensitivity and opinion on policies regarding outgroups depends upon the content of those policies. Finally, survey experimental results suggest that political communication can activate disgust sensitivity in public opinion.
 
Subject Social Sciences
emotion, disgust, disgust sensitivity, public opinion
 
Contributor KAM, CINDY D.