Global Racist Contagion Following Donald Trump's Election

TY - JOUR

T1 - Global Racist Contagion Following Donald Trump's Election

AU - Giani, Marco

AU - Méon , Pierre-Guillaume

PY - 2019/12/9

Y1 - 2019/12/9

N2 - Exploiting the coincidence between the timing of U.S. presidential elections and the fieldwork period of the European Social Survey, we show that Donald Trump's win significantly increased self-reported racial bias in policy attitudes outside the U.S. We document that the opposite occurred following Barack Obama's first election in 2008, while no effect occurred when he or George W. Bush were reelected in 2012 and 2004. We show that the increase in self-reported racial bias is not driven by welfare-related immigration concerns, campaign effects, or bandwagon effects, suggesting a decrease in the social desirability of racial equality.

AB - Exploiting the coincidence between the timing of U.S. presidential elections and the fieldwork period of the European Social Survey, we show that Donald Trump's win significantly increased self-reported racial bias in policy attitudes outside the U.S. We document that the opposite occurred following Barack Obama's first election in 2008, while no effect occurred when he or George W. Bush were reelected in 2012 and 2004. We show that the increase in self-reported racial bias is not driven by welfare-related immigration concerns, campaign effects, or bandwagon effects, suggesting a decrease in the social desirability of racial equality.

KW - Donald Trump

KW - contagion

KW - racism

KW - social desirability

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85076349532&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1017/S0007123419000449

DO - 10.1017/S0007123419000449

M3 - Letter

SN - 0007-1234

VL - 0

SP - 1

EP - 8

JO - BRITISH JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

JF - BRITISH JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

IS - 0

ER -