Prior research disagrees over which partisan camp White identity threats mobilize most

Evidence

Finally, White people are internally heterogeneous (cf. Turner et al., 1987), which means some Whites might be more predisposed to racial identity threats. One relevant moderator is partisanship, which shapes contemporary social and political interactions for White individuals and their perspectives about PoC (Ahler & Sood, 2018; Bai, 2023; Huber & Malhotra, 2017; Iyengar & Westwood, 2015; Martherus et al., 2021; Mason, 2016; Mason & Wronski, 2018; Westwood & Peterson, 2022). Some studies suggest White identity finds more fertile ground among racially conservative Republicans (Zhirkov & Valentino, 2022), while other work suggests White identity’s downstream effects are stronger among White Democrats, who inhabit a more racially diverse party (Pe´ rez et al., 2021). These patterns beg for more research into how partisanship moderates reactions to White identity threats, and whether once catalyzed, White identity has asymmetrical downstream impacts by partisan allegiance. — Efrén Pérez, Jessica HyunJeong Lee, Ana Oaxaca, Tania Solano Cervantes, Jasmine García Rodríguez, Kimberly Lam, and David McFall, Manifold Threats to White Identity and…, 13

Categorization

• XREF: Directly engages the reader’s preregistered large-N testing purpose — the contested moderating role of partisanship is exactly the gap this experiment fills. — connects to: Ethnic identification, not party affiliation, moderates Whites’ threat response. — Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity: Why…, 21; White Democrats may react more strongly than Republicans to racial identity threats. — Efrén Pérez, Jessica HyunJeong Lee, Ana Oaxaca, Tania Solano Cervantes, Jasmine García Rodríguez, Kimberly Lam, and David McFall, Manifold Threats to White Identity and…, 27

Broader Connections

• White Democrats may react more strongly than Republicans to racial identity threats. #exemplifies (0.90) — Efrén Pérez, Jessica HyunJeong Lee, Ana Oaxaca, Tania Solano Cervantes, Jasmine García Rodríguez, Kimberly Lam, and David McFall, Manifold Threats to White Identity and…, 27
• Ethnic identification, not party affiliation, moderates Whites’ threat response. #expands (0.85) — Brenda Major and Alison Blodorn and Gregory Major Blascovich, The threat of increasing diversity, 21