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      Who's In and Who's Out: The Politics of Religious Norms

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          What are the boundaries for discussing a candidate's religion? In the 2008 and the 2012 presidential campaigns, the religious beliefs and practices of at least one of the candidates became a subject of intense scrutiny from the media and the public. To ascertain the limits of social discourse for religious out-group, we conducted a survey experiment on the 2012 CCES survey. We find strong evidence that norms of social discourse do not apply to all religions equally. Furthermore, the application of norms differs by political party because Democrats and Republicans express concerns about different religious groups. Overall, there is a large difference for Muslims when it comes to social discourse. Finally, individuals have internalized the norms because most of them are willing to sanction those who violate them, even if the norms on social discourse are not applied equally among American voters.

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                Journal
                applab
                Politics and Religion
                Politics and Religion
                Cambridge University Press (CUP)
                1755-0483
                1755-0491
                September 2016
                August 8 2016
                September 2016
                : 9
                : 03
                : 508-536
                Article
                10.1017/S1755048316000456
                733ad31f-1a4e-40e6-b065-2f986198e1e8
                © 2016
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