Arbeitspapier

Who Voted for Trump? Populism and Social Capital

We argue that low levels of social capital are conducive to the electoral success of populist movements. Using a variety of data sources for the 2016 US Presidential election at the county and individual levels, we show that social capital, measured either by the density of memberships in civic, religious and sports organizations or by generalized trust, is significantly negatively correlated with the vote share and favorability rating of Donald Trump around the time of the election.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 13571

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
Thema
social capital
voting behavior
populism

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Giuliano, Paola
Wacziarg, Romain
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2020

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Giuliano, Paola
  • Wacziarg, Romain
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2020

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