Community-based common identities may last where national identity priming fades.

Evidence

Interventions that focus on commonalities either highlight partisans’ shared characteristics or reduce the salience of partisan identities. Some researchers use the common ingroup identity model102–104 as a theoretical basis for emphasizing the American identity that Republicans and Democrats share. While these interventions often reduce negative attitudes in the moment20,105,106, they may lack durability because people have multiple identities and the salience of their American identities depends on people’s specific context107. Conversely, highlighting more community-based identities (such as shared sports fandom108, religious ties109 or book interests110) may be more successful in the long term111, given their salience in daily life. — Rachel Hartman et al., Interventions to Reduce Partisan…, 42

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Effective intergroup contact requires seven preconditions in political contexts. — Rachel Hartman et al., Interventions to Reduce Partisan…, 45; Weakening national ties can benefit city-based identities; Weakening national identity reduces minorities’ capacity to affirm belonging — John Higham, Strangers in the Land: Patterns of…, 2074 (+3 more)

Related

• Common ingroup identity interventions fade while community-based shared identities endure (similarity 0.89)
• Identity-based depolarization interventions can carry unintended side effects (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Weakening national ties can benefit city-based identities #corroborates (0.85)
• Group identity is malleable and its salience can shift. #complicates (0.80)
• Weakening national identity reduces minorities’ capacity to affirm belonging #contradicts (0.75) — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 2074
• Commoning communities vary with context and adapt over time. #corroborates (0.75) — Yael Arbell, The Circle of Commoning, 95