Donald Trump

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.

Supporters of former President Donald Trump desire harsher punishment for a Chinese-American man who committed bank fraud compared to a white man who committed the same crime, according to new research published in the Journal of Experimental Criminology.

Supporting or opposing former President Donald Trump has a causal effect on the perceived ideology of Republican candidates, according to new findings published in American Politics Research. The new study indicates that pro-Trump Republicans tend to be viewed as more...

Donald Trump’s presidency included many transgressive behaviors which were rationalized by his followers. A study published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology explores the roles of group prototypicality and identity advancement in how supporters downplayed and accepted Trumps harmful...

New research sheds light on how Donald Trump's offline rhetoric might have mobilized online political discussions related to the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. The findings have been published in the journal Frontiers in Sociology.

New findings from the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science suggest that Trump supporters are more simple-minded and happier than Biden supporters. A text analysis of written narratives from Unites States citizens revealed that Trump supporters used language that was more positive,...

A series of 13 studies with over 10,000 participants tested the change in Americans’ prejudice following the presidency of Donald Trump. The researchers found that explicit racial and religious prejudice increased amongst Trump’s supporters, while prejudice decreased among those who...

Donald Trump made headlines time and time again for his insulting nicknames, but how effective of a campaign strategy was that? A study published in the Journal of Political Marketing aims to answer that question.

Greater trust in Donald Trump predicts reduced COVID-19 knowledge, while greater trust in scientists predicts more knowledge, according to new research published in the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties.