Policy Framing Effects on Partisan Support

The goal of this study was to identify if framing social welfare policies as either a false positive outcome - some recipients receive a benefit that they are not qualified to receive - or a false negative outcome - some individuals do not receive benefits they are qualified to receive - impacts partisan support for policy implementation. Based on recent social fear surrounding welfare fraud and theories of conservatism, the expectation was that conservative individuals would favor false negative scenarios, while liberal individuals would more likely favor false positive outcomes for social welfare policies.