Who Wears the MAGA Hat? Racial Beliefs and Faith in Trump

Amanda Graham; Francis T. Cullen; Leah C. Butler; Alexander L. Burton; Velmer S. Burton

doi:10.1177/2378023121992600

Socius (Mar 2021)

Who Wears the MAGA Hat? Racial Beliefs and Faith in Trump

Amanda Graham,
Francis T. Cullen,
Leah C. Butler,
Alexander L. Burton,
Velmer S. Burton

Affiliations

Amanda Graham: Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA
Francis T. Cullen: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Leah C. Butler: University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE, USA
Alexander L. Burton: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Velmer S. Burton: University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2378023121992600
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7

Abstract

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On the basis of a 2019 YouGov survey of white respondents ( n = 734), the impact of racial beliefs on support for Donald Trump was explored. The analysis revealed that in addition to racial resentment, white nationalism—a desire to keep the United States white demographically and culturally—was strongly related to faith in Trump. Analyses based on a 2019 Amazon Mechanical Turk survey yielded similar results and also showed that white nationalism increased willingness to wear a MAGA hat. Future research on the political consequences of racial beliefs should focus on what whites think not only of blacks but also of themselves.

Published in Socius

ISSN: 2378-0231 (Online)
Publisher: SAGE Publishing
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Social Sciences: Sociology (General)
Website: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/srd

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