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Norm-violating rhetoric undermines support for participatory inclusiveness and political equality among Trump supporters
Over the last decade, the United States has seen increasing antidemocratic rhetoric by political leaders. Yet, prior work suggests that such norm-violating rhetoric does not undermine support for democracy as a system of government. We argue that, while that may be true, such rhetoric does vitiate s...
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National Academy of Sciences
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10556636/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37748055 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2311005120 |
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author | Hall, Matthew E. K. Druckman, James N. |
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description | Over the last decade, the United States has seen increasing antidemocratic rhetoric by political leaders. Yet, prior work suggests that such norm-violating rhetoric does not undermine support for democracy as a system of government. We argue that, while that may be true, such rhetoric does vitiate support for specific democratic principles. We test this theory by extending prior work to assess the effects of Trump’s norm-violating rhetoric on general support for democracy as well as for the principles of participatory inclusiveness, contestation, the rule of law, and political equality. We find that Trump’s rhetoric does not alter attitudes toward democracy as a preferred system but does reduce support for inclusiveness and equality among his supporters. Our findings suggest that elite rhetoric can undermine basic principles of American democracy. |
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spelling | pubmed-105566362023-10-07 Norm-violating rhetoric undermines support for participatory inclusiveness and political equality among Trump supporters Hall, Matthew E. K. Druckman, James N. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Social Sciences Over the last decade, the United States has seen increasing antidemocratic rhetoric by political leaders. Yet, prior work suggests that such norm-violating rhetoric does not undermine support for democracy as a system of government. We argue that, while that may be true, such rhetoric does vitiate support for specific democratic principles. We test this theory by extending prior work to assess the effects of Trump’s norm-violating rhetoric on general support for democracy as well as for the principles of participatory inclusiveness, contestation, the rule of law, and political equality. We find that Trump’s rhetoric does not alter attitudes toward democracy as a preferred system but does reduce support for inclusiveness and equality among his supporters. Our findings suggest that elite rhetoric can undermine basic principles of American democracy. National Academy of Sciences 2023-09-25 2023-10-03 /pmc/articles/PMC10556636/ /pubmed/37748055 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2311005120 Text en Copyright © 2023 the Author(s). Published by PNAS. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This open access article is distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Social Sciences Hall, Matthew E. K. Druckman, James N. Norm-violating rhetoric undermines support for participatory inclusiveness and political equality among Trump supporters |
title | Norm-violating rhetoric undermines support for participatory inclusiveness and political equality among Trump supporters |
title_full | Norm-violating rhetoric undermines support for participatory inclusiveness and political equality among Trump supporters |
title_fullStr | Norm-violating rhetoric undermines support for participatory inclusiveness and political equality among Trump supporters |
title_full_unstemmed | Norm-violating rhetoric undermines support for participatory inclusiveness and political equality among Trump supporters |
title_short | Norm-violating rhetoric undermines support for participatory inclusiveness and political equality among Trump supporters |
title_sort | norm-violating rhetoric undermines support for participatory inclusiveness and political equality among trump supporters |
topic | Social Sciences |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10556636/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37748055 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2311005120 |
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