The Authoritarian Divide : Partisan Identity, Voting, and the Transformation of the American Electorate.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Federico, Christopher M.

Series:

Series in Political Psychology Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authoritarianism--United States.

Authoritarianism.

Political socialization--United States.

Political socialization.

United States--Politics and government--2017-2021.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--2021-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2026.

Summary:

This book shows how authoritarian predispositions influence American political preferences, voting, and partisanship. Higher levels of authoritarianism, particularly in White Americans, tend to be found in the Republican Party, though the trend has not been linear in recent decades, starting and stopping for a variety of reasons. The authors examine how partisan sorting based on authoritarianism occurs and what its consequences are for political conflict and democracy in the US.

Contents:

The authoritarian tide

The political and psychological dynamics of authoritarianism

Assessing authoritarianism in the American public

The authoritarian belief system

The contingent trajectory of authoritarian sorting among Whites

Authoritarianism and the mechanisms of partisan sorting

Authoritarianism and sociocultural issue defection

Authoritarianism and its consequences in an ideologically divided party system

Authoritarianism and anti-democratic attitudes in the Trump era

Authoritarianism and the future of American democracy.

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-19-781336-4

0-19-781335-6

0-19-781337-2

9780197813355

OCLC:

1557407001