Election Denialism as Extremism in Argumentation

Author(s):
Wang, Jianfeng
Editor(s):
Boogaart, Ronny; Garssen, Bart; Jansen, Henrike; Van Leeuwen, Maarten; Pilgram, Roosmaryn; Reuneker, Alex
Published
2024
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

Abstract

No other words better capture the polarized essence of contemporary American partisan politics than “election denialism.” Election denialism aims for a change of the status quo by overthrowing the American election systems. The paper suggests that election denialism could be the major force dividing the US political landscape; election deniers unanimously appeal to pathos in the election propaganda and argument from narrow identity could be among the most popular argumentation schemes in election denialism.

argument from narrow identitycognitive environmentelection denialismextremist argumentation
Date issued
2024
Language
English
Is part of
Proceedings of the Tenth Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (2024), p. 924-931
hdl
1887/4107911

Conference

Meeting name
10th Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (ISSA 2023)
Meeting location
Leiden, The Netherlands
Meeting date
2023-07-04 - 2023-07-07