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Authors: Ray Block Jr., Michael Burnham, Kayla Kahn, Rachel Peng, Jeremy Seeman, Christopher Seto

Abstract: Risk assessment and response is important for understanding human behavior across the social sciences. The divisive context surrounding the coronavirus pandemic inspires our e xploration of risk perceptions and the polarization of mitigation practi ces (i.e., the degree to which the behaviors of people on the ``Left' ;' diverge from those on the ``Right'' side of the political continuum). Evidence from two complementary sources (an original datase t of Twitter posts and a nationally representative survey) lend general support to the idea that risk perceptions moderate the impact of a perso n's political orientation on their willingness to follow mitigation guidelines: people on the Left are more inclined than their Right-orient ed colleagues to follow them, but this polarization tends to decrease as the perceived risk of COVID-19 intensifies. By exploring how pandemic-r elated risks can create opportunities for perceived ``common ground,' ;' our results invite a more complex interpretation than those from simplistic analyses of political ideology.

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