Repulsion in controversial debate drives public opinion into fifty-fifty stalemate

Krause, SM; Weyhausen-Brinkmann, F; Bornholdt, S

Bornholdt, S (reprint author), Univ Bremen, Inst Theoret Phys, D-28539 Bremen, Germany.; Bornholdt, S (reprint author), Santa Fe Inst, 1399 Hyde Pk Rd, Santa Fe, NM 87501 USA.

PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 2019; 100 (4):

Abstract

Opinion formation is a process with strong implications for public policy. In controversial debates with large consequences, the public opinion is oft......

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