The Rise Of Partisan Schadenfreude

“… willing to vote for a candidate of unknown ideological leanings who promises to pass policies that ‘disproportionately harm’ supporters of the opposing political party.”

I got the term from this newsletter:

Opinion | Democrats and Republicans Are Living in Different Worlds

In turn, it’s from this paper:

Said paper shows:

Partisan schadenfreude is a powerful predictor of voting intentions in the United States. Moving from below the median to above the median on our schadenfreude measure predicts an increase of approximately 13 points.