Prejudice grew in Trump supporters during his presidency, studies find

[Somerville]

Not too surprising, in my opinion but please note that one of those librul academic types noted that lefties also are showing more animosity toward political opponents.

Prejudice grew in Trump supporters during his presidency, studies find​

Racial and religious prejudice increased significantly among Donald Trump supporters during his presidency, according to the results of 13 studies published Monday by the journal Nature Human Behavior.

The studies included more than 10,000 participants. The researchers, Benjamin C. Ruisch of the University of Kent in the United Kingdom and Melissa J. Ferguson of Yale University, both social psychologists, also found that Trump opponents showed decreases in prejudice.

"These results suggest that Trump's presidency coincided with a substantial change in the topography of prejudice in the United States," the article says.

A scholar not involved in the studies said the findings are what most social scientists would expect.

“Trump was able to be a vehicle to express ones' frustration with political correctness and tolerance," said Stephen Farnsworth, author of Presidential Communication and Character: White House News Management from Clinton and Cable to Twitter and Trump. "He didn’t create it. These hostilities existed before him but he was a vehicle to channel that grievance."

Another scholar cautioned that prejudice had increased on both the left and the right of the political spectrum during the Trump years. And anger directed at Trump supporters could have affected their answers to the questions.

 

[HIP56948]

Something about The one bad apple spoils the ....

 

[Common Sense 1]

What will happen when president Trump announces he is running for reelection in 2024?
Let's do a study on the reactions of the Democrats. That would be one very interesting study. 🤔🤔

 

[tshade]

Not too surprising, in my opinion but please note that one of those librul academic types noted that lefties also are showing more animosity toward political opponents.

This is so obvious that it hurts----but thanks for posting it anyways..........

The left is showing animosity because you can only take so much stupidity for so long---------------another obvious finding

 

[Ginger Ale]

What will happen when president Trump announces he is running for reelection in 2024?
Let's do a study on the reactions of the Democrats. That would be one very interesting study. 🤔🤔

How exciting, will he be sending "Peace Keepers" to Mexico. 😉

 

[Ginger Ale]

What will happen when president Trump announces he is running for reelection in 2024?
Let's do a study on the reactions of the Democrats. That would be one very interesting study. 🤔🤔

I'll become a refugee and so will all Americans.

 

[Gateman_Wen]

Not too surprising, in my opinion but please note that one of those librul academic types noted that lefties also are showing more animosity toward political opponents.

I don't think we needed a study to see that animosity grew by leaps and bounds. tRump fostered it, encouraged it, and spread it like a disease.

 

[TheParser]

If anyone started to be more leery of certain groups during President Trump's term in office, it was NOT because of anything that he said.

It was due to experiences suffered by those more leery individuals.

Maybe they (or their loved ones or friends) had an unpleasant experience with certain groups.

As the saying goes, a "conservative" is often a former "liberal" who was beaten up on the street (or the subway) by some people for whom that "liberal" used to shed buckets of tears.

KARMA is a [B-word].

 

[CaughtInThe]

the racists were always racists. but previously you had to wait until a bunch of them were drunk or in groups of other racists for them to spew their hate loudly.