It’s Trump’s Party and I’ll Cry if I Want To
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Ronald B. Rapoport
Ronald B. Rapoport is John Marshall Professor Emeritus of Government at the College of William and Mary. His publications are in the area of political behavior, political parties, and gender and politics. He is the author (with Walter J. Stone ofThree’s a Crowd: The Dynamic of Third Parties, Ross Perot and Republican Resurgence (University of Michigan 2007).
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Jack Reilly
Jack Reilly is Associate Professor of Political Science at New College of Florida. His areas of research are in political behavior, political methodology and political and social networks. His research has appeared inPolitical Behavior, Research & Politics, and Social Networks .
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Walter J. Stone
Walter J. Stone is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at UC-Davis. Her has published widely in the areas of political parties, candidate selection, and voting behavior. He is the author ofCandidates and Voters: Ideology, Valence, and Representation in US Elections (Cambridge 2017), as well as co-author ofThree’s a Crowd: The Dynamic of Third Parties, Ross Perot and Republican Resurgence .
Abstract
Based on analysis of a multi-wave national sample panel of Republican identifiers, we show the increasing coherence among rank and file Republicans around evaluations of Donald Trump. Differences between Republicans who preferred Trump for the GOP nomination and those who preferred another candidate (but, unlike the Never Trump group who said they could not support him in the general election if he won the nomination) are muted by the general election and 2018 waves. While “Never-Trumpers” in the nomination wave maintain their affective distance from Trump in the general election and 2018 waves, their evaluations become less negative. Our analysis suggests that Republicans’ favorability toward Trump increasingly aligned with their attitudes toward the Republican Party and their support for Trump’s effort to build a southern-border wall.
About the authors
Ronald B. Rapoport is John Marshall Professor Emeritus of Government at the College of William and Mary. His publications are in the area of political behavior, political parties, and gender and politics. He is the author (with Walter J. Stone of Three’s a Crowd: The Dynamic of Third Parties, Ross Perot and Republican Resurgence (University of Michigan 2007).
Jack Reilly is Associate Professor of Political Science at New College of Florida. His areas of research are in political behavior, political methodology and political and social networks. His research has appeared in Political Behavior, Research & Politics, and Social Networks.
Walter J. Stone is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at UC-Davis. Her has published widely in the areas of political parties, candidate selection, and voting behavior. He is the author of Candidates and Voters: Ideology, Valence, and Representation in US Elections (Cambridge 2017), as well as co-author of Three’s a Crowd: The Dynamic of Third Parties, Ross Perot and Republican Resurgence.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Introduction – January 2020 Volume of Forum
- Articles
- Trump’s Trade Revolution
- Pro-Trade Blocs in the US Congress
- Trump, Trade, and Immigration
- Consumers and the Sources of US Trade Openness
- How Have Members of Congress Reacted to President Trump’s Trade Policy?
- Trade Policy is Back in the News: Will Voters Care?
- The Counties that Counted: Could 2020 Repeat 2016 in the US Electoral College?
- It’s Trump’s Party and I’ll Cry if I Want To
- Book reviews
- Review of The Politics of Institutional Reform: Katrina, Education, and the Second Face of Power
- Review of The Meritocracy Trap: How America’s Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite
