Trump’s voters aren’t authoritarians, new research says. So what are they?

Watch out, the authoritarians are coming!

That’s been the alarm, after recent reports that scoring high in authoritarianism was the strongest predictor that someone would support Donald Trump. …

But in our research, we find no evidence that Trump supporters are any more “authoritarian” (at least by common measures) than those who like Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) or even Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.). CONT.

Wendy Rahn (U. of Minn.) & Eric Oliver (U. of Chicago), The Monkey Cage

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