Piazza James, Van Doren Natalia
Department of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA, USA.
Department of Psychology, Penn State, University Park, PA, USA.
Am Polit Res. 2023 May;51(3):299-314. doi: 10.1177/1532673x221131561. Epub 2022 Oct 8.
Is approval of Donald J. Trump associated with support for political violence? If so, what explains the link between Trump approval and political violence? Using an original, nationally representative survey of over 1,500 adults in the United States we produce two findings. First, individuals who express approval for Trump are also significantly more likely to endorse positive descriptors for the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol and are more likely express support for the use of political violence more broadly. Second, the effects of Trump approval on support for the use of political violence are mediated through racist and xenophobic attitudes. Trump supporters in the study disproportionately exhibit racist and xenophobic/anti-foreigner attitudes, and these attitudes are associated with a positive endorsement of both January 6 and the use of political violence.
对唐纳德·J·特朗普的支持是否与对政治暴力的支持有关？如果是，那么特朗普的支持与政治暴力之间的联系该如何解释？通过对美国1500多名成年人进行的一项具有全国代表性的原创调查，我们得出了两个结论。首先，对特朗普表示支持的人也更有可能认可对2021年1月6日美国国会大厦袭击事件的正面描述，并且更有可能更广泛地表达对使用政治暴力的支持。其次，特朗普的支持对使用政治暴力的支持的影响是通过种族主义和仇外态度来介导的。该研究中的特朗普支持者不成比例地表现出种族主义和仇外/反外国人态度，而这些态度与对1月6日事件和使用政治暴力的积极认可有关。
