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Erik Peterson

Partisan reasoning in a high stakes environment: Assessing partisan informational gaps on COVID-19

Erik Peterson and Shanto Iyengar

Using a survey conducted in July 2020, we establish a divide in the news sources partisans prefer for information about the COVID-19 pandemic and observe partisan disagreements in beliefs about the virus. These divides persist when respondents face financial costs for incorrectly answering questions.

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