The personality of a personality cult? Personality characteristics of Donald Trump's most loyal supporters

IF 4 1区社会学 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Political Psychology Pub Date : 2024-05-14 DOI:10.1111/pops.12991

Benjamin E. Goldsmith, Lars J. K. Moen

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Abstract

The unusually loyal supporters of Donald Trump are often described as a cult. How can we understand this extreme phenomenon in U.S. politics? We develop theoretical expectations and use the Big Five personality dimensions to investigate whether Trump's most loyal supporters share personality characteristics that might make them inclined to cult‐like support. We find that (1) Trump's supporters share high levels of Conscientiousness; (2) this is substantively and statistically distinguishable from the commonly identified association between Conscientiousness and Conservatism; and (3) the association is highly robust to a range of sensitivity tests. Our main findings are robust across two surveys. Study 1 is an online survey conducted in 2021 designed specifically for this project. Study 2 is the 2016 American National Election Study (ANES).

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个人崇拜的个性？唐纳德-特朗普最忠实支持者的个性特征

唐纳德-特朗普异常忠诚的支持者经常被形容为邪教。我们如何理解美国政治中的这一极端现象？我们提出了理论预期，并使用大五人格维度来研究特朗普最忠实的支持者是否具有可能使他们倾向于邪教式支持的人格特征。我们发现：(1) 特朗普的支持者具有高水平的 "认真 "倾向；(2) 这与通常认定的 "认真 "与 "保守 "之间的关联在实质上和统计上是有区别的；(3) 这种关联在一系列敏感性测试中都非常稳健。我们的主要发现在两次调查中都是稳健的。研究 1 是 2021 年进行的一项在线调查，是专门为本项目设计的。研究 2 是 2016 年美国全国选举研究（ANES）。

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Political Psychology Multiple-

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8.00

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6.50%

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期刊介绍： Understanding the psychological aspects of national and international political developments is increasingly important in this age of international tension and sweeping political change. Political Psychology, the journal of the International Society of Political Psychology, is dedicated to the analysis of the interrelationships between psychological and political processes. International contributors draw on a diverse range of sources, including clinical and cognitive psychology, economics, history, international relations, philosophy, political science, political theory, sociology, personality and social psychology.