Although wealth inequality in the U.S. has soared to unprecedented levels in recent decades, support for redistribution is not commonplace. This research proposes a new strategy to boost redistribution support, by prompting focus on similarity (vs. dissimilarity). Four studies conducted with...

Political polarization in society has grown dramatically in recent years. Surveys indicate that the gap in the political opinions of conservatives and liberals has grown sharply over the past three decades (Pew Research Center, 2017), and the partisan divide in attitudes toward political issues...