Protecting the Citadel of Democracy: A Political and Administrative Response

• In Event: Partisan Bureaucratic Politics

Brief Overview

Study analyzes mayors’ and police chiefs’ social media response to the January 6, 2021 Capitol attacks—testing the power of partisanship and majority identity (i.e., White mayors and White police chiefs) on responsiveness to political unrest.

Authors

• William T. Jackson, American University

• Ryan J. Lofaro, Georgia Southern University