How the Republican Party Became the Party of Trump: Evidence from the 2012 and 2016 American National Election Studies

• In Event: Partisan Change

Brief Overview

Analyses of new items in the 2012 and 2016 American National Election Studies show that right-wing authoritarianism and biases (against women, minorities, Muslims and especially immigrants) strongly and increasingly predict Republican voting.

Authors

• David Norman Smith, University of Kansas

• Eric Hanley, University of Kansas