Authoritarians shifted from Communist to nationalist parties as their fortunes changed

Evidence

Over the course of these three studies, correlations between RWA scores and support for Communism dropped from . to .38. It could be that many of the High RWAs who used to back the Communists have gone over to nationalists, Czarist, religious, and anti-Semitic parties. But it could also mean that, as democratic reforms fail, the Communists are attracting a wider range of supporters and could become the major opposition. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 505

Categorization

• QUESTION: The declining RWA-Communist correlation suggests authoritarian followers are doctrine-flexible, tracking power rather than ideology.
• XREF: Supports the vault’s inference that authoritarianism is a followership style transferable across ideological targets, relevant to Christian nationalism’s shifting carriers.