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(CN) — It was fear of losing status as a superpower, not economic problems, that led Americans to elect Donald Trump president, a University of Pennsylvania professor concluded after polling 1,200 voters.
Political science Professor Diana Mutz polled the same voters from the 2012 through the 2016 elections and tracked their changing views on issues such as personal finances, trade and economic conditions in their communities.
The study was published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. It found that voters were motivated by a perception that the United States was losing status as a global superpower, and a perceived threat from the growing racial diversity in the country.
“Political uprisings are often about downtrodden groups rising up to assert their right to better treatment and more equal life conditions relative to high-status groups,” Mutz wrote.
“The 2016 election, in contrast, was an effort by members of already dominant groups to assure their continued dominance and by those in an already powerful and wealthy country to assure its continued dominance.”
Over the four years, respondents became more open to the idea of offering citizenship to undocumented immigrants. And their ideas about trade relations, China and immigration did not change drastically over the period, the study found.
They are scared shit of losing their place in America
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