A 2021 Texas law introduced mail-in-voting restrictions 📬, incl. forcing voters to know whether they registered with a driver's license 🚗 or social security number. Ballot rejection rates substantially increased 📉. Affected voters were less likely to vote in future elections 🗳️ or switch to in-person voting.
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The Journal of Politics
The Disparate and Durable Effects of Mail Voting Restrictions: Evidence from Texas | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja
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Donald Trump’s 2024 election win increased the social acceptability of prejudice. Study reveals that groups targeted by Donald Trump during his campaign experienced an increase in both the perceived acceptability of prejudice and self-reported prejudice against them.
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PsyPost
Donald Trump’s 2024 election win increased the social acceptability of prejudice, study suggests
A new study published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin reveals that Donald Trump's 2024 election coincided with changing social norms. Specifically, negative campaign rhetoric predicted a growing public acceptance of prejudice toward targeted…
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Science News
Texas migrant buses boosted Donald Trump’s vote share in targeted cities. Research shows that the arrival of migrant buses amplified voters’ fears about crime and immigration, pushing swing voters toward the Republican ticket and driving higher turnout among…
🚌 Texas's migrant busing program, sending over 100,000 immigrants to six Democratic-led cities between 2022-2024, boosted Donald Trump's presidential support by over 3% in those destinations.
🗳️ The study, "The Effect of the Texas Migrant Busing Program on the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election," found that swing voters shifted to Trump due to amplified fears of crime, while previously non-voting conservative Republicans were motivated to vote by immigration concerns.
📰 Researchers concluded the electoral impact was driven more by political messaging and media narratives constructing a "crisis" than by direct interaction with the migrants themselves.
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🗳️ The study, "The Effect of the Texas Migrant Busing Program on the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election," found that swing voters shifted to Trump due to amplified fears of crime, while previously non-voting conservative Republicans were motivated to vote by immigration concerns.
📰 Researchers concluded the electoral impact was driven more by political messaging and media narratives constructing a "crisis" than by direct interaction with the migrants themselves.
#MigrationPolicy #ElectionImpact #PoliticalScience
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Losing an election is associated with lower social trust among polarized voters. Following a national election, voters whose preferred political party loses tend to experience a noticeable decline in their generalized trust of other people in society.
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Losing an election is associated with lower social trust among polarized voters
A new study suggests that voters whose preferred party loses a national election experience a decline in generalized social trust. This gap widens among highly polarized voters who harbor strong negative feelings toward opposing political parties.