Posted on Apr 27, 2018
Trump Voters Driven by Fear of Losing Status, Not Economic Anxiety, Study Finds
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"Her survey also assessed “social dominance orientation,” a common psychological measure of a person’s belief in hierarchy as necessary and inherent to a society. People who exhibited a growing belief in such group dominance were also more likely to move toward Mr. Trump, Dr. Mutz found, reflecting their hope that the status quo be protected.
“It used to be a pretty good deal to be a white, Christian male in America, but things have changed and I think they do feel threatened,” Dr. Mutz said. "
“It used to be a pretty good deal to be a white, Christian male in America, but things have changed and I think they do feel threatened,” Dr. Mutz said. "
Trump Voters Driven by Fear of Losing Status, Not Economic Anxiety, Study Finds
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Why not release a link to the actual study to see her methodology in the article? I know you are just posting this, I just get frustrated by both sides writing these articles that support entrenched ideas with "supposed" authoritative studies but there is never a link. These are the same people, same mentality, that told everyone prior to the election that their polls and studies proved there is no way that Trump would win...
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COL William Oseles
I expect She analyzed other studies and came to her conclusions through her own biases.
A review of her classes at U of Penn: "Might as well just read the book. Nothing new; nothing controversial; everything politically correct. Waste of time."
Her list of publications show left leaning bias.
Selected Publications
"The Perils of Balance Testing in Experimental Design: Messy Analyses of Clean Data." The American Statistician, 2017.
"Measuring Trust in the Press in a Changing Media Environment." Communication Methods and Measures, 2017.
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Donald." PS: Political Science and Politics, 2016.
"Effects of the Great Recession on American Attitudes Toward Trade." British Journal of Political Science, 2016.
In-Your-Face Politics: The Consequences of Uncivil Media. Princeton University Press, 2015.
"Standards for Experimental Research: Encouraging a Better Understanding of Experimental Methods." Journal of Experimental Political Science, 2015.
The Obama Effect: How the 2008 Campaign Changed White Racial Attitudes. Russell Sage Foundation, 2014.
"Revisiting the Effects of Case Reports in the News." Political Communication, 2014.
"Men, Women, Trade, and Free Markets." International Studies Quarterly, 2014.
"US versus Them: Mass Attitudes toward Offshore Outsourcing." World Politics, 2013.
"Reflections on Hearing the Other Side, in Theory and in Practice." Critical Review: A Journal of Politics and Society, 2013.
"All Virtue Is Relative: A Response to Prior." Political Communication, 2013.
"Televised Exposure to Politics: New Measures for a Fragmented Media Environment." American Journal of Political Science, 2013
"The Great Divide: Campaign Media in the American Mind." Dædalus, 2012.
"The Friendly Media Phenomenon: A Cross-National Analysis of Cross-Cutting Exposure." Political Communication, 2011.
"Communication and Public Opinion: Plus Ça Change?" Public Opinion Quarterly, 2011.
Population-Based Survey Experiments. Princeton University Press, 2011.
"Not Necessarily the News: Does Fictional Television Influence Real-World Policy Preferences?" Mass Communication and Society, 2010.
"The Dog that Didn't Bark: The Role of Canines in the 2008 Campaign." Political Science and Politics, 2010.
"Support for Free Trade: Self-Interest, Sociotropic Politics, and Out-Group Anxiety." International Organization, 2009.
"Online Groups and Political Discourse: Do Online Discussion Spaces Facilitate Exposure to Political Disagreement?" Journal of Communication, 2009.
"Effects of 'In-Your-Face' Television Discourse on Perceptions of a Legitimate Opposition." The American Political Science Review, 2007.
Hearing the Other Side: Deliberative Versus Participatory Democracy. Cambridge University Press, 2006.
"The New Videomalaise: Effects of Televised Incivility on Political Trust." The American Political Science Review, 2005.
Impersonal Influence: How Perceptions of Mass Collectives Affect Political Attitudes. Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Political Persuasion and Attitude Change. University of Michigan Press, 1996.
Fewer Publications
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A review of her classes at U of Penn: "Might as well just read the book. Nothing new; nothing controversial; everything politically correct. Waste of time."
Her list of publications show left leaning bias.
Selected Publications
"The Perils of Balance Testing in Experimental Design: Messy Analyses of Clean Data." The American Statistician, 2017.
"Measuring Trust in the Press in a Changing Media Environment." Communication Methods and Measures, 2017.
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Donald." PS: Political Science and Politics, 2016.
"Effects of the Great Recession on American Attitudes Toward Trade." British Journal of Political Science, 2016.
In-Your-Face Politics: The Consequences of Uncivil Media. Princeton University Press, 2015.
"Standards for Experimental Research: Encouraging a Better Understanding of Experimental Methods." Journal of Experimental Political Science, 2015.
The Obama Effect: How the 2008 Campaign Changed White Racial Attitudes. Russell Sage Foundation, 2014.
"Revisiting the Effects of Case Reports in the News." Political Communication, 2014.
"Men, Women, Trade, and Free Markets." International Studies Quarterly, 2014.
"US versus Them: Mass Attitudes toward Offshore Outsourcing." World Politics, 2013.
"Reflections on Hearing the Other Side, in Theory and in Practice." Critical Review: A Journal of Politics and Society, 2013.
"All Virtue Is Relative: A Response to Prior." Political Communication, 2013.
"Televised Exposure to Politics: New Measures for a Fragmented Media Environment." American Journal of Political Science, 2013
"The Great Divide: Campaign Media in the American Mind." Dædalus, 2012.
"The Friendly Media Phenomenon: A Cross-National Analysis of Cross-Cutting Exposure." Political Communication, 2011.
"Communication and Public Opinion: Plus Ça Change?" Public Opinion Quarterly, 2011.
Population-Based Survey Experiments. Princeton University Press, 2011.
"Not Necessarily the News: Does Fictional Television Influence Real-World Policy Preferences?" Mass Communication and Society, 2010.
"The Dog that Didn't Bark: The Role of Canines in the 2008 Campaign." Political Science and Politics, 2010.
"Support for Free Trade: Self-Interest, Sociotropic Politics, and Out-Group Anxiety." International Organization, 2009.
"Online Groups and Political Discourse: Do Online Discussion Spaces Facilitate Exposure to Political Disagreement?" Journal of Communication, 2009.
"Effects of 'In-Your-Face' Television Discourse on Perceptions of a Legitimate Opposition." The American Political Science Review, 2007.
Hearing the Other Side: Deliberative Versus Participatory Democracy. Cambridge University Press, 2006.
"The New Videomalaise: Effects of Televised Incivility on Political Trust." The American Political Science Review, 2005.
Impersonal Influence: How Perceptions of Mass Collectives Affect Political Attitudes. Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Political Persuasion and Attitude Change. University of Michigan Press, 1996.
Fewer Publications
Videos
Mutz Interviewed on "The Foxhole"
Mutz Interviewed on "The Foxhole"
Uploaded on Thursday, May 21, 2015 - 7:04pm
Professor Diana C. Mutz was interviewed in a recent "Foxhole" segment about her latest book In-Your-Face Politics: The Consequences of Uncivil Media...
Faculty profile: Diana C. Mutz
Faculty Profile: Diana Mutz
Uploaded on Monday, December 9, 2013 - 1:28pm
Diana C. Mutz, Ph.D., the Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Communication and Political Science, talks about her research and recent projects at...
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23 Apr 2018
Fear of Losing Status, not Economic Hardship, Drove Voters in 2016 Presidential Election
30 Mar 2018
ASC@Penn News Digest, March 2018
27 Feb 2018
ASC@Penn News Digest, February 2018
More Articles
Courses Taught
Diana C. Mutz's interests include teaching and research on public opinion, political psychology, and mass political behavior, with a particular emphasis on political communication.
2018 Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania
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from the article : “It used to be a pretty good deal to be a white, Christian male in America, but things have changed and I think they do feel threatened,” Dr. Mutz said.
Why did the author not measure this empirically in her study? It appears to me that the Dr. is putting forth their own bias or belief without evidence in a study that is supposed to be about measured results.
What is this really about? This is about fostering a political narrative that one group is homogeneus and all thinks and acts or in this case votes alike. What if it were actually the opposite. What if one political party is upset that they have lost a particular group due to their ideology? And could we be seeing a splinter in this narrative today playing out on the MSM with a musician and a millennial that are bucking the trend??
I don't think supporters of the POTUS fear loosing status. I think they fear the rule of law being subjugated to only be for the lower classes and not the elite class that run this country. We see this being played out today minus the Cosby ruling. But that justice took years with 50+ victims required to finally bring a predator to justice for his crimes. We rarely see the political elite pay any price for the crimes they commit and the People see right through this injustice.
Why did the author not measure this empirically in her study? It appears to me that the Dr. is putting forth their own bias or belief without evidence in a study that is supposed to be about measured results.
What is this really about? This is about fostering a political narrative that one group is homogeneus and all thinks and acts or in this case votes alike. What if it were actually the opposite. What if one political party is upset that they have lost a particular group due to their ideology? And could we be seeing a splinter in this narrative today playing out on the MSM with a musician and a millennial that are bucking the trend??
I don't think supporters of the POTUS fear loosing status. I think they fear the rule of law being subjugated to only be for the lower classes and not the elite class that run this country. We see this being played out today minus the Cosby ruling. But that justice took years with 50+ victims required to finally bring a predator to justice for his crimes. We rarely see the political elite pay any price for the crimes they commit and the People see right through this injustice.
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I think LTC Martin made a very astute observation. The Clinton campaign basically wrote off the white male voter.
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Eh. Also driven by fear of the alternative and a break in the monotony that is the swamp....
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Cpl (Join to see) - 2008 letter to editor of NY Times. Former prosecutor said to move on from fixating on Bill Ayers of Weather Underground and that Nixon administration flagrantly used illegal tactics in the name of security
https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/opinion/l10ayers.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/opinion/l10ayers.html
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Want some actual facts on the Weather Underground?
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A good source for those days.
Witness to the Revolution: Radicals, Resisters, Vets, Hippies, and the Year America Lost Its Mind and Found Its Soul
by Clara Bingham
A good source for those days.
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