- Donald Trump's 2016 presidential candidacy not only attracted whites with more conservative views on race; he also made his white supporters more likely to express more extreme views on immigration, Black Lives Matter (BLM), and police killings of African Americans. https://academic.oup.com/poq/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/poq/nfab040/6378766 70 comments science
- Individuals who hold anti-intellectual views become more likely to oppose scientific consensus views (on issues such as climate change, nuclear power, GMOs, and water fluoridation) if they are informed about what the scientific consensus is on those subjects. https://academic.oup.com/poq/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/poq/nfz053/5758079 483 comments science
- Low-income Americans in states that expanded Medicaid (as part of the Obamacare health care reform) are more supportive of Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act) than low-income Americans in states that did not expand Medicaid. https://academic.oup.com/poq/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/poq/nfz004/5430239?redirectedfrom=fulltext 79 comments science
- New study finds that sexism powerfully predicted vote choice in 2016 even after controlling for authoritarianism, partisanship, and other predispositions. Using historical data they also show that 2016 was the only year in which it played a large and significant role. https://academic.oup.com/poq/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/poq/nfy003/4963814 59 comments science
Linking pages
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- Voter Identification Laws and the Suppression of Minority Votes | The Journal of Politics: Vol 79, No 2 http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/688343 1629 comments
- American Trust in Scientists Remains Stable—Despite "Demonstrated Growth" in Conspiracy Theories https://www.newsweek.com/american-trust-scientists-remains-stable-despite-conspiracy-theories-1472058 1079 comments
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- The GOP’s Murderous Anti-Intellectualism | The New Republic https://newrepublic.com/article/158436/republican-murderous-anti-intellectualism 325 comments
- Was There a Culture War? Partisan Polarization and Secular Trends in US Public Opinion | The Journal of Politics: Vol 82, No 3 https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/707306 243 comments
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- Nikki Haley Is The First Woman of Color To Run For the Republican Nomination | FiveThirtyEight https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/nikki-haley-is-taking-on-trump/ 67 comments
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- Partisan Divide Creates Different Americas, Separate Lives | Snopes.com https://www.snopes.com/news/2019/09/20/partisan-divide-creates-different-americas-separate-lives/ 23 comments
- Why conservatives are so hostile to Pride Month and LGBTQ visibility - Vox https://www.vox.com/2023/6/11/23735839/pride-2023-conservative-anti-trans-lgbtq 22 comments
- Past Place, Present Prejudice: The Impact of Adolescent Racial Context on White Racial Attitudes | The Journal of Politics: Vol 82, No 2 https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/706461 19 comments
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- Fighting COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media: Experimental Evidence for a Scalable Accuracy-Nudge Intervention - Gordon Pennycook, Jonathon McPhetres, Yunhao Zhang, Jackson G. Lu, David G. Rand, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0956797620939054 12 comments