Figure 3

Real transition tables: The 675 real opinion distributions emerging from the World Values Survey27,28,29 waves 5, 6, and 7 are qualitatively classified as perfect consensus (P.C.), consensus (Co), polarization (Po), clustering (Cl), and dissensus (Di) in the orange panels. The transition tables show the qualitative evolution of opinion distributions between these waves, highlighting how each qualitative category of opinion distributions could evolve into the various other categories.