HSRP-514

For many partisans a party is a group they belong to, and the strength of that identity predicts their campaign work better than their issue views do.

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1. Header

Number
HSRP-514
Category
Natural Law
Grade
PROBABLE
Status
ACTIVE
Entry form
Full
First entered
Not recorded — added to the register in supplement 027
Last revised
2026-10-13
Register entry
https://worldfreedomcore.com/hsrp-research-notes#HSRP-514

2. The claim, in full

For many partisans a party is a group they belong to, and the strength of that identity predicts their campaign work better than their issue views do.

Cited on: /the-hive-mind, THE PARTY HIVE MIND › Party as identity. Entered 2026-10-12 with the /the-hive-mind rewrite; tag NEW-W2d-1.

3. What it rests on

No confidence intervals are recorded for any figure in this block.

4. Sources

No source is linked to this observation in the register.

5. Counter-evidence

6. Why this grade

The argument for this grade has not yet been recorded for this observation.

The register defines PROBABLE as: Well supported, but an interpretation or connection across sources rather than something a source states directly.

7. Correction history

2026-10-13
BATCH 3 of the /the-hive-mind slimming: explanation moved here from WHERE YOU'LL FIND IT, CULTS, THE PARTY HIVE MIND or THE RELIGIOUS HIVE MIND — wording unchanged except as listed: "This is marker M6 in WHAT A HIVE MIND IS:" → "Party as identity is marker M6 in WHAT A HIVE MIND IS:" (opening demonstrative); "This describes a mode" → "The account describes a mode" (opening demonstrative). The page's reference numbers were converted to SRC numbers at extraction.

8. Related observations

9. Where this appears on the site

Content pages that cite this observation inline:

10. Open questions

What would falsify it
As a whole, the account would be wrong if party identity predicted nothing that agreement on policy does not, or if partisans who agree on outcomes trusted one another across the aisle.

11. Machine block

The register record this page was generated from, with the derived fields added:

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  "grade": "PROBABLE",
  "status": "ACTIVE",
  "category": "LAW",
  "title": "For many partisans a party is a group they belong to, and the strength of that identity predicts their campaign work better than their issue views do.",
  "entry_form": "full",
  "note": "Cited on: /the-hive-mind, THE PARTY HIVE MIND › Party as identity. Entered 2026-10-12 with the /the-hive-mind rewrite; tag NEW-W2d-1.",
  "n": 514,
  "ref": "HSRP-514",
  "cited_by": [],
  "related": [
    "HSRP-414",
    "HSRP-515"
  ],
  "category_name": "Natural Law",
  "supplement": "027",
  "evidence": [
    {
      "statement": "For many partisans a party is less a set of policies than a group they belong to. Political scientists measure this with statements such as \"When people criticize this party, it feels like a personal insult\" and \"If this party does badly in opinion polls, my day is ruined\" [SRC-938] [SRC-939]. In US studies by Leonie Huddy, Lilliana Mason and Lene Aarøe, the strength of that identity predicted people's campaign work better than the strength of their views on the issues, and strong identifiers met the threat of their party's defeat with more anger than weak ones [SRC-938]. The authors call it \"expressive partisanship\". The same measure carries over to the Netherlands, Sweden and Britain, where several parties compete [SRC-939]."
    },
    {
      "statement": "Party as identity is marker M6 in WHAT A HIVE MIND IS: the view marks membership, and an attack on the party lands as an attack on the self."
    }
  ],
  "counter_evidence": [
    {
      "statement": "The limits matter as much. Identity strength varies, and the effects sit mostly in strong identifiers."
    },
    {
      "statement": "The account describes a mode any partisan can enter, not every member of a party."
    }
  ],
  "open_questions": {
    "falsify": [
      "As a whole, the account would be wrong if party identity predicted nothing that agreement on policy does not, or if partisans who agree on outcomes trusted one another across the aisle."
    ]
  },
  "history": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-13",
      "event": "BATCH 3 of the /the-hive-mind slimming: explanation moved here from WHERE YOU'LL FIND IT, CULTS, THE PARTY HIVE MIND or THE RELIGIOUS HIVE MIND",
      "reason": "wording unchanged except as listed: \"This is marker M6 in WHAT A HIVE MIND IS:\" → \"Party as identity is marker M6 in WHAT A HIVE MIND IS:\" (opening demonstrative); \"This describes a mode\" → \"The account describes a mode\" (opening demonstrative). The page's reference numbers were converted to SRC numbers at extraction."
    }
  ],
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    "/the-hive-mind"
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    "relation to HSRP-515"
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}
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