Political polarisation is driven by feelings over facts. This is usually the main narrative. But what if this was not the whole story? What if polarisation was caused by more than just emotions?

This Animated Explainer focuses on the causes of political polarisation and explores the role of re-description as a reason for polarising political tendencies.

The video is based on the findings of the RECLAIM publication, “Not about facts, but emotions? Political polarisation as a problem of redescription”, written by Jeremias Schledorn, postdoctoral researcher at the University of Iceland.