President Obama and the Emergence of Islamophobia in Mass Partisan Preferences

被引:7
作者
Tesler, Michael [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Irvine, Irvine, CA 92617 USA
关键词
Muslims; Islamophobia; partisanship; Obama; MUSLIMS; STATE;
D O I
10.1177/10659129211007211
中图分类号
D0 [政治学、政治理论];
学科分类号
0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要
This article argues that the unusually large and persistent association between Islamophobia and opposition to President Obama helped make attitudes about Muslims a significant, independent predictor of Americans' broader partisan preferences. After detailing the theoretical basis for this argument, the article marshals repeated cross-sectional data, two panel surveys, and a nationally representative survey experiment, to test its hypotheses. The results from those analyses show the following: (1) attitudes about Muslims were a significantly stronger independent predictor of voter preferences for congress in 2010-2014 elections than they were in 2004-2008; (2) attitudes about Muslims were a significantly stronger independent predictor of mass partisanship during Obama's presidency than they were beforehand; and (3) experimentally connecting Obama to Democratic congressional candidates significantly increased the relationship between anti-Muslim sentiments and Americans' preferences for Republican congressional candidates. The article concludes with a discussion of the implications of these results for American politics in the Trump era.
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页码:394 / 408
页数:15
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