- Support for Trump was widely attributed to citizens who were “left behind” economically. A new study finds, though, that change in financial wellbeing had little impact on candidate preference. Instead, preferences were related to issues like the rise of a majority–minority America. http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/04/18/1718155115 10 comments science
- People Voted for Trump Because They Were Anxious, Not Poor. A new study finds that Trump voters weren’t losing income or jobs. Instead, they were concerned about their place in the world. http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/04/18/1718155115 8 comments science
Linking pages
- White America’s racial resentment is the real impetus for welfare cuts, study says - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/05/30/white-americas-racial-resentment-is-the-real-impetus-for-welfare-cuts-study-says/ 305 comments
- The “Intellectual Dark Web,” explained: what Jordan Peterson and Ben Shapiro have in common with the alt-right - Vox https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2018/5/10/17338290/intellectual-dark-web-rogan-peterson-harris-times-weiss 141 comments
- White fear elected Trump: Political scientist Diana Mutz on the "status threat" hypothesis | Salon.com https://www.salon.com/2018/05/07/white-fear-elected-trump-political-scientist-diana-mutz-on-the-status-threat-hypothesis/ 29 comments
- This is why white evangelicals still support Donald Trump. (It’s not economic anxiety.) - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/06/19/white-evangelicals-still-support-donald-trump-because-theyre-more-conservative-than-other-evangelicals-this-is-why/?noredirect=on 26 comments
- A new study confirms that support for Trump was driven by white fears, not economic anxiety – ThinkProgress https://thinkprogress.org/new-study-confirms-support-for-trump-was-driven-by-white-fear-2d2569e49c06/ 21 comments
- Research Finds That Racism, Sexism, and Status Fears Drove Trump Voters - Pacific Standard https://psmag.com/news/research-finds-that-racism-sexism-and-status-fears-drove-trump-voters 20 comments
- Opinion | Trump is manufacturing an immigration crisis. Here’s why that helps him. - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-is-manufacturing-an-immigration-crisis-heres-why-that-helps-him/2018/05/03/2db611d2-4f0e-11e8-af46-b1d6dc0d9bfe_story.html?amp%3Butm_medium=email&%3Butm_source=fareed%27s+global+briefing&%3Butm_term=.14da931d2575 16 comments
- Midterms 2018: Trump’s biggest Republican critics paid the price - Vox https://www.vox.com/2018/6/13/17450200/trump-critics-republican-primary-lose 16 comments
- Trump dominates the GOP. Never Trump Republicans have only one option. - Vox https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/4/24/17269600/trump-republicans-vote-democrats 14 comments
- Opinion | Trump is manufacturing an immigration crisis. Here’s why that helps him. - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/opinions/trump-is-manufacturing-an-immigration-crisis-heres-why-that-helps-him/2018/05/03/2db611d2-4f0e-11e8-af46-b1d6dc0d9bfe_story.html?amp%3B__twitter_impression=true&%3Butm_term=.497be6235638&tid=ss_tw 11 comments
- Opinion | Trump is manufacturing an immigration crisis. Here’s why that helps him. - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-is-manufacturing-an-immigration-crisis-heres-why-that-helps-him/2018/05/03/2db611d2-4f0e-11e8-af46-b1d6dc0d9bfe_story.html 6 comments
- This is why white evangelicals still support Donald Trump. (It’s not economic anxiety.) - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/06/19/white-evangelicals-still-support-donald-trump-because-theyre-more-conservative-than-other-evangelicals-this-is-why/ 4 comments
- White America’s racial resentment is the real impetus for welfare cuts, study says - The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2018/05/30/white-americas-racial-resentment-is-the-real-impetus-for-welfare-cuts-study-says/ 4 comments
- White America’s racial resentment is the real impetus for welfare cuts, study says - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/05/30/white-americas-racial-resentment-is-the-real-impetus-for-welfare-cuts-study-says/?noredirect=on 3 comments