2018
DOI: 10.1007/s12108-018-9373-5
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Race and the Race for the White House: On Social Research in the Age of Trump

Abstract: As it became clear that Donald Trump had a real base of political support, even as analysts consistently underestimated his electoral prospects, they grew increasingly fascinated with the question of who was supporting him (and why). However, researchers also tend to hold strong negative opinions about Trump. Consequently, they have approached this research with uncharitable priors about the kind of person who would support him and what they would be motivated by. Research design and data analysis often seem t… Show more

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“…The problem with an economic explanation for support for Donald Trump is that these effects were dependent on political orientation in study 1 and nonexistent in the ANES data. This coincides with weak effects of economic dissatisfaction on intentions to vote for Trump found in other research (e.g., Mutz, 2018;Schaffner, MacWilliams, & Nteta, 2018 (al Gharbi, 2018;Mutz, 2018;Pettigrew, 2017;Schaffner et al, 2018), but also social dominance and authoritarianism (Choma & Hanoch, 2017;Mutz, 2018;Pettigrew, 2017 Choma and Hanoch (2017) found an association between SDO and support for Trump in a cross-sectional study pre-election with the same distribution, and a positive skew is the general finding in the literature on SDO (Ho et al, 2015;Jost & Thompson, 2000;Perry & Sibley, 2011;Pratto & Shih, 2000;Pratto, Sidanius, Stallworth & Malle, 1994). In contrast, when analyzing the post-election ANES survey, we did find a positive association be- Sidanius & Pratto, 1993).…”
Section: G Ener Al Discussionsupporting
confidence: 89%
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“…The problem with an economic explanation for support for Donald Trump is that these effects were dependent on political orientation in study 1 and nonexistent in the ANES data. This coincides with weak effects of economic dissatisfaction on intentions to vote for Trump found in other research (e.g., Mutz, 2018;Schaffner, MacWilliams, & Nteta, 2018 (al Gharbi, 2018;Mutz, 2018;Pettigrew, 2017;Schaffner et al, 2018), but also social dominance and authoritarianism (Choma & Hanoch, 2017;Mutz, 2018;Pettigrew, 2017 Choma and Hanoch (2017) found an association between SDO and support for Trump in a cross-sectional study pre-election with the same distribution, and a positive skew is the general finding in the literature on SDO (Ho et al, 2015;Jost & Thompson, 2000;Perry & Sibley, 2011;Pratto & Shih, 2000;Pratto, Sidanius, Stallworth & Malle, 1994). In contrast, when analyzing the post-election ANES survey, we did find a positive association be- Sidanius & Pratto, 1993).…”
Section: G Ener Al Discussionsupporting
confidence: 89%
“…In the ANES survey, these simple effects were reversed. It is difficult to interpret this finding, as the emerging literature on Trump support focuses exclusively on nefarious explanations, most notably racism and sexism (al Gharbi, ; Mutz, ; Pettigrew, ; Schaffner et al, ), but also social dominance and authoritarianism (Choma & Hanoch, ; Mutz, ; Pettigrew, ).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Such pronouncements, irrespective of their social scientific merit, seem antithetical to efforts to transcend entrenched partisan divisions in the service of a political “vital center” (Gorski 2017a). Indiscriminately applying the term may in fact reinforce the threat of Christian nationalism by instantiating, and hence aggravating, political sectarianism (Al-Gharbi 2018; Finkel et al 2020). Greater clarification of the concept along the lines set out here can yield more broad-based and concentrated approaches for upholding democracy in a pluralistic society.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Critically, those most responsible for this racial stratification trend left politically. These are the whites who most fervently denounce Donald Trump and his supporters for their alleged racism and xenophobia (al‐Gharbi ); they are the whites most likely to produce and consume antiracist content in academia or the media. In fact, highly educated white liberals have come to be more “woke” in their racial attitudes than the average black or Hispanic (Kaufmann ; Yglesias ).…”
Section: Antiracist Whites Bad Faith Inequalitymentioning
confidence: 99%