Perceived racial last-place status, not objective low status, drives white Americans’ alt-right support.

Evidence

Together these findings suggest that there are some white Americans who feel they are both “falling behind” their racial group in terms of their socioeconomic status and getting passed by racial outgroups. This perception of being in “Last Place” is then associated with more support for altright ideology, politicians, and events. Interestingly, this “Last Place” profile does not simply capture white Americans who are objectively low status— instead,participantsinthe“SecondPlace”profilehadthelowestincomeand education. — Erin Cooley, Jazmin L. Brown-Iannuzzi, Nava Caluori, Nicholas Elacqua, and William Cipolli, White Americans who perceive themselves…, 60

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Last-place white Americans perceive nearly all racial groups as clustered high in status. — Erin Cooley, Jazmin L. Brown-Iannuzzi, Nava Caluori, Nicholas Elacqua, and William Cipolli, White Americans who perceive themselves…, 88; Personal self-placement, not ingroup placement, most strongly predicts white alt-right attitudes. — Erin Cooley, Jazmin L. Brown-Iannuzzi, Nava Caluori, Nicholas Elacqua, and William Cipolli, White Americans who perceive themselves…, 94; Perceived racial demographic shifts cause a conservative shift in White Americans through group-status threat. — Maureen A. Craig and Jennifer A. Richeson, On the Precipice of a…, 8 (+4 more)

Related

• Perceived last-place status most strongly predicts alt-right support (similarity 0.87)
• Personal self-placement, not ingroup placement, most strongly predicts white alt-right attitudes. (similarity 0.87)
• Last-place white Americans perceive nearly all racial groups as clustered high in status. (similarity 0.87)
• Perceived racial demographic shift raises White group status threat that drives Trump support. (similarity 0.83)
• Racial status threat may drive conservative shifts even among minorities (similarity 0.82)
• Perceived last-place racial status decouples from objective socioeconomic disadvantage. (similarity 0.81)
• White Americans feel status threatened both by other whites and by racial progress (similarity 0.81)
• Perceived racial demographic shifts cause a conservative shift in White Americans through group-status threat. (similarity 0.81)
• Feeling in last place racially predicts white endorsement of right-wing extremism. (similarity 0.80)
• Highlighting white privilege can backfire, pushing some whites toward alt-right ideology (similarity 0.80)
• Racial-shift reminders shift highly identified Whites toward Trump and against Sanders via status threat. (similarity 0.80)
• Perceived loss of white Christian status, not economics, drove Trump support (similarity 0.79)
• Perceived racial demographic shift may push White Americans toward conservatism. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Perceived racial demographic shifts cause a conservative shift in White Americans through group-status threat. #complicates (0.80) — Maureen A. Craig and Jennifer A. Richeson, On the Precipice of a…, 8
• Demographic shift reminders backfire among low-identification Whites, shrinking Trump support. #complicates (0.80) — Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity, 5
• Perceived racial demographic shift raises White group status threat that drives Trump support. #expands (0.75) — Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity, 5
• Reminding White Americans of shifting racial demographics raises their group status threat. #expands (0.75) — Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity, 36
• Perceived loss of white Christian status, not economics, drove Trump support #complicates (0.70) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 603