ICPS
2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
Bowling with Trump: Economic Anxiety, Racial Identification, and Well-Being in the 2016 Presidential Election
- Robert Breunig
Australian National University - Mark Fabian
University of Cambridge
Abstract
We provide empirical evidence from a sample of representative sample of 470 000 that worldview defence and the basic psychological need for relatedness provide an explanation for why racial identification became politically salient in the 2016 Presidential Election.
Politics