Attitudes about racial and ethnic groups helped fuel Donald Trump’s apparent victory in the Republican presidential primary. …
Voting in presidential general elections are consistently shaped by factors, most notably party identification and the incumbent president’s job performance, that could potentially overwhelm other considerations.
We can gain some early insights into this question, though, by comparing the impact of racial attitudes on the choice between Trump and Hillary Clinton to their impact on the choice between Clinton and other Republicans. CONT.
Michael Tesler (UC Irvine), The Monkey Cage