#  Audrey Feldman and Todd Rogers - CGIS Knafel K450 

 



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 **February 6, 2026** 

 12:00PM - 01:30PM EST 

 



 

Note: We will be in **CGIS Knafel K450**, not our usual room.

**Title:** The depolarizing promise of shared sports fandom

**Abstract:** Shared sports fandom is one of the most powerful ways to depolarize counter-partisans. Across nine pre-registered studies, we find that learning that a counter-partisan is a fan of the same sports team reduces affective polarization as much or more than learning that a counter-partisan shares your education level, where you are from, religion, and race. The more important people’s fandom is to them, the bigger the depolarizing effect of shared fandom. Using a modified dictator game, we find that people respond with less hostility to counter-partisans who share their sports fandom than counter-partisans who share any of the other similarity dimensions.



 

 



 

 

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