A ‘basket of deplorables’? A new study finds that Trumpsupporters are more likely to be Islamophobic, racist,transphobic and homophobic

Blair, Karen L. (2016) A ‘basket of deplorables’? A new study finds that Trumpsupporters are more likely to be Islamophobic, racist,transphobic and homophobic. USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog (10 Oct 2016). Website.

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Last month Hillary Clinton stepped into controversy when she described ‘half’ of Donald Trump’s supporters as a ‘basket of deplorables’. In a new study, Karen L. Blair looks at how Clinton and Trump voters’ attitudes on themes such as sexism, authoritarianism and Islamophobia differ. She finds that Islamophobia is closely linked with support for Trump, and that the strongest predictor of voting for someone other than Clinton or Trump was not disagreeing with Clinton ideologically, but ambivalent sexism.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/
Additional Information:	© 2016 The Authors, USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog, The London School of Economics and Political Science © CC BY-NC 3.0
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
Date Deposited:	29 Nov 2016 08:04
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 14:58
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/68398

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