Regional and temporal patterns of partisan polarization during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States and Canada.

PLoS One · 2026 · PMC13095112 · PMID 42008612

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presidential election and 2019 Canadian federal election), we observe a clear trend: conservative states and provinces show higher levels of polarization compared to their liberal counterparts .

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