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Erschienen in: Journal of African American Studies 1/2018

16.03.2018 | ARTICLES

Negative Black Stereotypes, Support for Excessive Use of Force by Police, and Voter Preference for Donald Trump During the 2016 Presidential Primary Election Cycle

verfasst von: Randall D. Swain

Erschienen in: Journal of African American Studies | Ausgabe 1/2018

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Abstract

This study examines the relationship between support for excessive use of force by the police and support for Trump during the 2016 primary election cycle. Findings suggest that White Americans’ support for Trump among primary voters is partly explained by negative racial stereotypes of Black Americans and support for excessive use of force by the police in their dealings with members of the Black community.

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1
Ryan Grimm 2016. Sidney Blumenthal: nativism are the core of Trump’s appeal. Without it, there is no Trump. Key Clinton confidante says Trump is the “dog who caught the firetruck.” HuffPost June 3.
 
2
See Jacobson, L. 2016. Donald Trump said “crime is rising. It’s not (and has not been for decades). PolitiFact. June 9; Goldman, H. 2016. Trump’s debate assertions on crime do not jibe with the stats. Bloomberg. September 27; and Ye He Lee, M. 2016. Trump’s false claim that the murder rate is the ‘highest it’s been in 45 years’. The Washington Post, November 3.
 
3
Willie Horton was an African American convicted felon, serving a sentence of life without parole in MA for murder. During Michael Dukakis’s tenure as governor, Horton received a weekend pass under a furlough program and while on leave, escaped to Maryland where he accosted a White couple; Horton stabbed and pistol whipped the man, raped his fiancé, and stole their car. He was eventually apprehended and returned to prison. As Kinder and Sanders note (pg. 233), Dukakis defense of the furlough program in the controversy that followed provided the Bush campaign the perfect anecdote to frame Dukakis, as weak on crime, when the latter ran as the Democratic nominee for president against Bush in 1988.
 
4
For complete description of the ANES 2016 Pilot Study, refer to the ICPSR web site, http://​www.​icpsr.​umich.​edu/​icpsrweb/​ICPSR/​studies/​36390.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Negative Black Stereotypes, Support for Excessive Use of Force by Police, and Voter Preference for Donald Trump During the 2016 Presidential Primary Election Cycle
verfasst von
Randall D. Swain
Publikationsdatum
16.03.2018
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of African American Studies / Ausgabe 1/2018
Print ISSN: 1559-1646
Elektronische ISSN: 1936-4741
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12111-018-9398-4

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