Fig. 4: Differences in Baseline Perceived Legitimacy across Ideological Groups. | Communications Psychology

Fig. 4: Differences in Baseline Perceived Legitimacy across Ideological Groups.

From: Intergroup psychological interventions highlighting commonalities can increase the perceived legitimacy of critical voices

Fig. 4: Differences in Baseline Perceived Legitimacy across Ideological Groups.

This figure shows the relationship between political ideology (Left, Center, Right) and perceived legitimacy scores (scale 1–7). Violin plots (light blue) display the full distribution of scores for each ideological group. White boxplots within each violin show the median and interquartile range. Blue points represent group means with 95% confidence interval error bars. Sample sizes: Left (n = 942 participants), Center (n = 749 participants), Right (n = 742 participants). The visualization uses a colorblind-friendly color palette to ensure accessibility for all types of color vision.

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