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September 2016

It ’ s Nativism :

Explaining the Drivers of Trump ’ s Popular Support

To test the relative effect of each of these alterative explanations , we analyze a representative poll of respondents weighted to the general population ( n = 1,006 ; weighted by age , gender , education , and race / ethnicity ). In total , we assess eight separate ideological measures detailed below .
Scale Number of items Cronbach ’ s Alpha Explanation
Authoritarianism
4
. 537
Take from Hetherington and
Suhay ( 2011 )
Nativism
5
. 829
Battery capturing anti-immigrant attitudes . Developed by Ipsos 2016 ; some items borrowed from World Values Survey and General Social Survey
Populism-System Broken
5
. 724
Battery to capture populist predispositions . Developed by Ipsos and adapted from “ Caudillo battery ” in Ipsos Populist Survey 2005
Worse off than Parents
6
. 924
Battery to capture gains / losses relative to parents ; sense of loss of American Dream . Developed by Ipsos 2016 ; adapted from General Social Survey
Fear of Others
4
. 680
Battery to capture sense of loss
of identity . Developed by Ipsos
2015
Abortion
1
Single Item
Proxy for social values . Question capturing whether abortion should be illegal or not . Developed by Ipsos to be administered on online polls
Govern . intervene in economy
1
Single Item
Proxy for support for Big versus Small government . Developed by Ipsos 2009 during healthcare reform debate
American Dream
1
Single Item
Forced choice question on what more closely represents American Dream : work hard or melting pot ? Developed by Ipsos 2015
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