Abstract
Using survey data from the American National Election Study (ANES) and aggregate data on Congressional districts, this article assesses the roles that economic and social factors played in Donald J. Trump’s 2016 “populist” presidential candidacy. It shows the hollowness of claims that economic issues played little or no role. While agreeing that racial resentment and sexism were important factors, the article shows how various economic considerations helped Trump win the Republican nomination and then led significant blocs of voters to shift from supporting Democrats or abstaining in 2012 to vote for him. It also presents striking evidence of the importance of political money and Senators’ “reverse coattails” in the final result.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 102-123 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | International Journal of Political Economy |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 2 2020 |
Keywords
- 2016 presidential election
- Donald Trump
- free trade
- international economic policy
- political economy
- political money
- political parties
- populism
- voting
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Sociology and Political Science
- Economics and Econometrics
- Political Science and International Relations