Who Wears the MAGA Hat? Racial Beliefs and Faith in Trump

Authors

Amanda Graham, Georgia Southern University
Francis T. Cullen, University of Cincinnati
Leah C. Butler, University of Nebraska at OmahaFollow
Alexander L. Burton, University of Cincinnati
Velmer S. Burton Jr., University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Author ORCID Identifier

Butler - https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0773-2074

Graham - https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7474-2539

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-9-2021

Publication Title

Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World

Volume

7

Abstract

On the basis of a 2019 YouGov survey of white respondents (n = 734), the impact of racial beliefs on support for Donald Trump was explored. The analysis revealed that in addition to racial resentment, white nationalism—a desire to keep the United States white demographically and culturally—was strongly related to faith in Trump. Analyses based on a 2019 Amazon Mechanical Turk survey yielded similar results and also showed that white nationalism increased willingness to wear a MAGA hat. Future research on the political consequences of racial beliefs should focus on what whites think not only of blacks but also of themselves.

Comments

This is an Open Access article and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution NonCommerical

Recommended Citation

Graham, A., Cullen, F. T., Butler, L. C., Burton, A. L., & Burton, V. S., Jr. (2021). Who wears the MAGA hat? White nationalism and faith in Trump. Socius, 7, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1177/2378023121992600

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