Close Relationships in Close Elections

• https://academic.oup.com/sf/article/100/1/400/5975166
• Byungkyu Lee

A close election implies intense Political polarization and led to more political engagement and deactivation of kinship ties to discuss politics. This may due to Political advertising.

During the Thanksgiving 2016, Americans were less likely to travel after the election, which aligns with the early finding that polarized families had shortened thanksgiving dinner (Chen2018effect).

How close the election was in a state can be used as an instrument.