Low-identification Whites show a puzzling backlash AGAINST Trump under racial-shift framing.

Evidence

We only observed direct effects of condition among Whites low in ethnic identification for two outcomes. The racial shift (vs. control) condition led to less positivity towards Trump (B = −4.01, 95% CI [−7.85, −0.16]) and less opposition to political correctness (B = −0.21, 95% CI [−0.41, −0.03]) among weakly identified Whites. — Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity, 56

Categorization

• QUESTION: Why would weakly identified Whites become less pro-Trump when primed with racial shift? Is the racial-shift frame repulsive to those not invested in White identity, a possible ceiling/reverse effect worth probing across identity axes?
• XREF: connects to: Perceived racial demographic shift raises White group status threat that drives Trump support. — Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity: Why…, 5; Demographic shift reminders backfire among low-identification Whites, shrinking Trump support. — Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity: Why…, 5; Racial-shift reminders shift highly identified Whites toward Trump and against Sanders via status threat. — Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity: Why…, 53 (+4 more)

Related

• Demographic shift reminders backfire among low-identification Whites, shrinking Trump support. (similarity 0.94)
• Racial-shift reminders shift highly identified Whites toward Trump and against Sanders via status threat. (similarity 0.92)
• Racial demographic shift threatens Whites only when they identify strongly with their ethnic group. (similarity 0.91)
• Perceived racial demographic shift raises White group status threat that drives Trump support. (similarity 0.90)
• Ethnic identification, not party affiliation, moderates Whites’ threat response. (similarity 0.87)
• Ethnic identification amplifies white support for anti-immigrant policies under diversity threat cues (similarity 0.87)
• Antidiversity rhetoric attracts status-threatened Whites toward the most extreme candidate (similarity 0.86)
• Shrinking numerical majority makes White identity salient and politically mobilizing (similarity 0.83)
• Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich — The threat of increasing diversity Why many White Americans support Trump in the 2016 presidential election (similarity 0.81)
• Status threat from diversity shifts whites rightward regardless of party affiliation. (similarity 0.81)
• Perceived racial demographic shift may push White Americans toward conservatism. (similarity 0.80)
• Racial status threat may drive conservative shifts even among minorities (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Ethnic identification, not party affiliation, moderates Whites’ threat response. #corroborates (0.80) — Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity, 21
• Trump’s election was perceived as a reversal of presumed racial progress #expands (0.75) — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project, 1235
• Exposing the racial subtext of coded messages switches White voters against them. #complicates (0.75)
• Ethnic identification amplifies white support for anti-immigrant policies under diversity threat cues #corroborates (0.75) — Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity, 48