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Table 3.

Diff-in-diff Analysis on Alternative Outcomes and Potential Mediators

	Affective polarization	Perceived differences issues parties	Perceived ideological differences parties	Life satisfaction	Social trust
Treated	0.04⁺	0.03^*	0.02	0.01	−0.02
	(0.02)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.03)
Post intervention	−0.00	−0.01	−0.01	−0.01	−0.06^*
	(0.02)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.02)
Treated # post intervention	−0.08^**	−0.05^**	−0.05^**	−0.02	0.06
	(0.03)	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.04)
Observations	2,124	2,124	2,124	2,124	2,124
R²	0.008	0.008	0.007	0.002	0.003

	Affective polarization	Perceived differences issues parties	Perceived ideological differences parties	Life satisfaction	Social trust
Treated	0.04⁺	0.03^*	0.02	0.01	−0.02
	(0.02)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.03)
Post intervention	−0.00	−0.01	−0.01	−0.01	−0.06^*
	(0.02)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.02)
Treated # post intervention	−0.08^**	−0.05^**	−0.05^**	−0.02	0.06
	(0.03)	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.04)
Observations	2,124	2,124	2,124	2,124	2,124
R²	0.008	0.008	0.007	0.002	0.003

Note. Standard errors in parentheses. Controls are not included in the estimations. The constant term is omitted. All models are based on OLS estimations. All variables are scaled to range from 0 to 1.

⁺p < .1, ^* p < .05, ^** p < .01, ^*** p < .001.

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