Merely priming demographic-shift projections shifts unaffiliated voters toward conservative parties.

Evidence

The present research is the first (to our knowledge) to examine whether making projected changes in racial demographics salient evokes conservative shift. Study 1 capitalized on an experimental component of a general population survey, revealing that making the majorityminority shift in California salient led politically unaffiliated White Americans to lean more toward the Republican (vs. Democratic) Party, compared with respondents for whom this racial shift was not salient. — Maureen A. Craig and Jennifer A. Richeson, On the Precipice of a…, 87

Categorization

• XREF: Directly relevant to my threatened-privilege mobilization research — the fact that the effect shows among the politically unaffiliated, not just partisans, strengthens the mechanism account. — connects to: Demographic threat generalizes conservative shift to race-neutral policy — Maureen A. Craig and Jennifer A. Richeson, On the Precipice of a…, 90; Liberal and conservative participants responded similarly to demographic threat — Maureen A. Craig and Jennifer A. Richeson, On the Precipice of a…, 106; Removing anticipatory status threat eliminates the conservative reaction to demographic shift. — Maureen A. Craig and Jennifer A. Richeson, On the Precipice of a…, 86 (+5 more)

Related

• Perceived racial demographic shifts cause a conservative shift in White Americans through group-status threat. (similarity 0.87)
• Perceived racial demographic shift may push White Americans toward conservatism. (similarity 0.87)
• Demographic threat generalizes conservative shift to race-neutral policy (similarity 0.86)
• Liberal and conservative participants responded similarly to demographic threat (similarity 0.86)
• Perceived demographic shift causal threat to White status shifts policy conservatism (similarity 0.85)
• Racial shift effects operate independent of party affiliation (similarity 0.85)
• Removing anticipatory status threat eliminates the conservative reaction to demographic shift. (similarity 0.84)
• Racial status threat may drive conservative shifts even among minorities (similarity 0.83)
• Status threat from diversity shifts whites rightward regardless of party affiliation. (similarity 0.83)
• Exposure to information about racial demographic change raises Whites’ status threat and conservatism (similarity 0.83)
• Perceived threat to in-group status evokes greater political conservatism. (similarity 0.82)
• Group-status threat is the proposed causal mediator of shift-induced conservatism. (similarity 0.82)
• Maureen A. Craig and Jennifer A. Richeson — On the Precipice of a Majority-Minority America Perceived Status Threat From the Racial Demographic Shift Affects White Americans’ Political Ideology (similarity 0.80)
• Majority-minority shift salience is manipulated by random survey-form assignment among independents (similarity 0.79)
• Perceived racial demographic shift raises White group status threat that drives Trump support. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Liberal and conservative participants responded similarly to demographic threat #contradicts (0.90) — Maureen A. Craig and Jennifer A. Richeson, On the Precipice of a…, 106
• Anticipatory status threat directly shifts reported political identity toward conservatism. #expands (0.90) — Maureen A. Craig and Jennifer A. Richeson, On the Precipice of a…, 69
• Removing anticipatory status threat eliminates the conservative reaction to demographic shift. #complicates (0.85) — Maureen A. Craig and Jennifer A. Richeson, On the Precipice of a…, 86
• Perceived demographic shift causal threat to White status shifts policy conservatism #expands (0.80) — Maureen A. Craig and Jennifer A. Richeson, On the Precipice of a…, 40
• Perceived racial demographic shifts cause a conservative shift in White Americans through group-status threat. #expands (0.80) — Maureen A. Craig and Jennifer A. Richeson, On the Precipice of a…, 8
• Demographic threat generalizes conservative shift to race-neutral policy #expands (0.75) — Maureen A. Craig and Jennifer A. Richeson, On the Precipice of a…, 90
• Perceived racial demographic shift may push White Americans toward conservatism. #qualifies (0.75) — Maureen A. Craig and Jennifer A. Richeson, On the Precipice of a…, 1
• Racial status threat may drive conservative shifts even among minorities #qualifies (0.70) — Maureen A. Craig and Jennifer A. Richeson, On the Precipice of a…, 94