Null Effects of Pro-Democracy Speeches by U.S. Republicans in the Aftermath of January 6th

IF 3.2 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Journal of Experimental Political Science Pub Date : 2023-07-12 DOI:10.1017/xps.2023.17

Alexander Wuttke, Florian Sichart, Florian Foos

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Abstract

How can political elites strengthen citizen commitment to democratic norms when democracy is under imminent assault? We report results from a pre-registered survey experiment on the persuasive effects of actual speeches given by prominent Republican politicians (Schwarzenegger, McConnell) shortly after the January 2020 insurrection at the U.S. capitol. Although both speeches were widely considered effective at the time, in a survey experiment among Republican voters, we find no impact of one-time exposure to these speeches on the endorsement of democracy, the acceptance of election losses, the rejection of political violence, or the relevance of democratic norms in hypothetical vote choices.

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1月6日美国共和党人支持民主的演讲的零效应

在民主即将受到攻击的情况下，政治精英如何加强公民对民主规范的承诺？我们报告了一项预先注册的调查实验的结果，该实验针对2020年1月美国国会大厦暴动后不久，著名共和党政客（施瓦辛格、麦康奈尔）的实际演讲的说服力。尽管这两次演讲在当时都被广泛认为是有效的，但在一项针对共和党选民的调查实验中，我们发现，一次性接触这些演讲对支持民主、接受选举失败、拒绝政治暴力或民主规范在假设投票选择中的相关性没有影响。

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Journal of Experimental Political Science Social Sciences-Sociology and Political Science

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5.10

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8.30%

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