Donald Trump

New study reveals that Trump's tweets criticizing Fox News decreased its ratings and influenced Republicans to consider alternative conservative media like OANN, while Democrats viewed Fox News less negatively as a result. The research was published in Public Opinion Quarterly.

Despite Trump's 30,000 false claims, 75% of Republicans viewed him as honest, possibly due to distinguishing "fact-speaking" from "belief-speaking." A study of Congress tweets indicates that this sincerity-over-accuracy view is more prevalent among Republicans, without apparent electoral penalties.

A new study provides evidence that the norm-violating rhetoric of former President Donald Trump can polarize democratic attitudes. His supporters become less supportive of inclusiveness and political equality, while his disapprovers potentially become more supportive of the rule of law....

A new study indicates that individuals who do not trust public health institutions were much more likely to have negative views of COVID-19 vaccines and to refuse to get vaccinated. This tendency persisted over time. Only 49% of participants of...

Authoritarianism serves as a pathway between watching television and the level of support for Donald Trump, according to new research published in Public Opinion Quarterly. In other words, watching television can indirectly influence support for Trump by shaping or reinforcing...

New research provides evidence that when then-President Donald Trump got sick with COVID-19, it made conservatives more likely to accept that the virus is real. However, the infection and subsequent hospitalization didn't change conservatives' views on how dangerous the virus...

The announcement of Donald Trump's candidacy for president in 2015 had inconsistent relationships with bias-based bullying among California youth, according to new research published in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence. In the two school years following the announcement, there was...

Supporters of former President Donald Trump are more likely to endorse political violence and have positive assessments of the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, according to new findings published in American Politics Research. The study provides evidence...

New research sheds light on the cultural values that played a key role in shaping people's attitude toward Donald Trump and their intentions to vote for the Republican candidate in 2016. The findings, published in New Political Science, indicate that...

New research provides evidence that Donald Trump's attacks on the media, Congress, and the courts often result in increased support for those institutions. The study, published in Political Research Quarterly, examined whether the former president's rhetoric influenced democratic attitudes among...

An analysis of data from the American Trends Panel relating to white evangelical protestant Christians found a link between the belief that Donald Trump’s election was a part of God’s plan and whether a person considers him/herself a religious minority....

The outcome of an election can influence voters’ conspiracy beliefs, according to study findings published in the journal Applied Cognitive Psychology. Following the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Trump voters endorsed more conspiracy beliefs about the Democratic party, while Biden voters endorsed...

New research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides evidence that voters in Georgia who embraced Donald Trump's claims of widespread election fraud were less likely to cast their ballot in a pivotal runoff election.

A recent study examined Americans’ feelings of schadenfreude and sympathy toward Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis in 2020. The findings, published in the Journal of Social and Political Psychology, revealed that Democrats expressed more schadenfreude and less sympathy toward Trump’s diagnosis compared to...

Christian nationalist ideology played an important role in helping Trump gain support during the 2020 election, according to a study published in the journal Politics and Religion.