Differentiating Between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Voters Using Facets of Right-Wing Authoritarianism and Social-Dominance Orientation: A Brief Report
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Historically, much of the research on right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation has proceeded from the assumption that they are unidimensional. Recently, researchers have begun to seriously consider the possibility that they are multidimensional in nature and should be measured as such. Several studies have examined the unique relationships between right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation facets and social and political outcome measures of interest. However, there have been no efforts to include the full slate of right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation facets as predictors in the same model. This is problematic when investigating the discriminant validity of these facets, given the potential empirical overlap among the facets both within and across scales. We included facets of right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation as predictors of U.S. voters' intentions to vote for Hillary Clinton versus Donald Trump in the 2016 Presidential Election. Data were collected in September 2016. We found evidence for the discriminant validity of several of the right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation facets.
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Individuals who identify as more conservative or rightist in political orientation are more susceptible to out-group animus and affective polarization than more liberal and leftist individuals who reject these sentiments.
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- Authors
- Crowson, H. M., & Brandes, J. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Oklahoma (US)
- Corresponding author
- Crowson, Howard Michael
- Venue
- Psychological Reports
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2017-03-06
- Volume
- 120
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 364-373
- ISSN
- 0033-2941 (ISSN-L)
- 1558-691X
- OpenAlex
- W2592090718
- Cited by
- 37
- References
- 9
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 3 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 2
- FWCI
- 10.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Reports (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Populism, Right-Wing Movements
- Keywords
- right-wing authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, 2016 US presidential election, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, voting intention, political attitudes, discriminant validity
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Authoritarianism, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Models, Theoretical, Politics, Social Dominance, Intention, Young Adult
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