Mainstream Candidate All Along? Comparing the Role of Anti-Establishment Appeals in Voting for Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020

• In Event: Support for (Un)popular Leaders and Policies

Brief Overview

This paper compares the role of anti-establishment sentiments in voting for Donald Trump in the 2016 and 2020 US Presidential Elections. We demonstrate that populist attitudes had a limited impact on Trump support in 2016 and 2020.

Authors

• Christian Henning Schimpf, University of Quebec at Montreal

• Stephen Patrick Quinlan, GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences