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Monte Carlo Study of Agent-Based Blume-Capel Model for Political Depolarization

Miron Kaufman
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Sanda Kaufman
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In this paper, using Monte Carlo simulations we show that the Blume-Capel model gives rise to the social depolarization. This model borrowed from statistical physics uses the continuous Ising spin varying from -1 to 1 passing by zero to express the political stance of an individual going from ultra-left (-1) to ultra-right (+1). The particularity of the Blume-Capel model is the existence of a $D$-term which favors the state of spin zero which is a neutral stance. We consider the political system of the USA where voters affiliate with two political groups: Democrats or Republicans, or are independent. Each group is composed of a large number of interacting members of the same stance. We represent the general political ambiance (or degree of social turmoil) with a temperature $T$ similar to thermal agitation in statistical physics. When three groups interact with each other, their stances can get closer or further from each other, depending on the nature of their inter-group interactions. We study the dynamics of such variations as functions of the value of the $D$-term of each group. We show that the polarization decreases with increasing $D$. We outline the important role of $T$ in these dynamics. These MC results are in excellent agreement with the mean-field treatment of the same model.
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hal-04493021 , version 1 (06-03-2024)

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Hung T. Diep, Miron Kaufman, Sanda Kaufman. Monte Carlo Study of Agent-Based Blume-Capel Model for Political Depolarization. 2024. ⟨hal-04493021⟩
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