Fig. 3: Latent Ideology from 2016 to 2020.
From: Cognitive distortions are associated with increasing political polarization
On the left, displayed in blue, is the latent ideology of users in 2016, whereas on the right, we present the latent ideology of users in 2020. We observe a notable increase in polarization over this period, characterized by more distinctly defined peaks and a marked reduction in the number of users with intermediate latent ideologies.
