Die Unterstützung von Trump im Jahr 2024 hängt mit der Wahrnehmung der weißen Amerikaner zusammen, dass sie in der Rassenhierarchie ganz unten landen. Diese Personen äußerten auch den stärksten Widerstand gegen Initiativen zu Diversity, Equity und Inclusion (DEI).
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**Trump support in 2024 linked to White Americans’ perception of falling to the bottom of the racial hierarchy**
A new study published in the journal Advances in Psychology sheds light on the psychological factors that influenced voting behavior in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. The findings suggest that White Americans who perceive themselves as ranking at the bottom of the racial economic hierarchy—specifically those who feel tied with Black Americans—were the most likely to support Donald Trump. **These individuals also expressed the strongest opposition to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives.**
Using a statistical technique called Latent Profile Analysis, the researchers identified distinct subgroups based on how they viewed the social hierarchy. One group, comprising about 15% of the sample, fit a “last place (tied)” profile. These individuals perceived themselves as ranking below White, Asian, and Hispanic Americans. Notably, they viewed themselves as tied for the bottom position with Black Americans. In this profile, the participants also perceived the entire hierarchy as a “tight race,” meaning they felt the gaps between racial groups were relatively small.
The researchers found a consistent link between this “last place” profile and specific political views. White Americans who fit this profile reported the highest levels of support for Donald Trump throughout the campaign season. They also expressed the strongest intention to vote for him. When surveyed the day after the election, this group was the most likely to report having cast their ballot for Trump.
Beyond voting choices, this group showed the strongest opposition to DEI programs, favoring policies that would ban such initiatives in universities. Additionally, they showed higher alignment with alt-right ideologies, agreeing more frequently with statements such as “White people are generally under attack in the U.S.” and “The government threatens my personal rights.”
Importantly, the researchers found that these attitudes were not driven by actual poverty. The researchers controlled for objective indicators of socioeconomic status, such as income and education levels. They found that belonging to the “last place” profile predicted Trump support and anti-DEI attitudes regardless of how much money or education the participant actually had.
For those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:
https://advances.in/psychology/10.56296/aip00046/
A racist guy who ran on racism is going to naturally attract these kinds of people. He was guaranteed votes from those types of people. Harris spoke of treating people equally and with respect, of course she would not appeal to people who think white people are under social attack.
President Lyndon B. Johnson once said, „If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.“
Is it because they actually felt that way or because he told them they should feel that way?
Why is that concerning? Are minorities treated poorly in America or something?
I’m a 52 year old white guy, we don’t all suffer from scared lil peepee syndrome. Dei is only threatening if you’re afraid of the other guy.
So basically all the racists. Cool cool cool.
There’s a theory called the Last Place Aversion theory. Basically, people will work against their own self interest, to their own detriment, if they think it will help them avoid being on the same level as another group of people they believe is on the bottom. If they align with, or assist, those they see on the bottom, it could boost that group up enough to where they are level with themselves, meaning they are now in last place, even if their own lives improve.
Believing in a racial hierarchy is also a good indicator of being a trump supporter period
I say, as as priviliged a white male as I could be without being born rich, the only ethnic group there is the be adraid of, is rich white dudes. I have never once felt remotely threatened because of my race or anyone elses.
So….. the most racist, ignorant people
What they are feeling is falling economically and they need to hate the rich
Nothing scares racists and bigots half as much as the thought that they’ll be treated the same as they treat other people.
This doesn’t make sense. I’ve been assured by the Supreme Court that racism is dead, and due to the inherent fairness of our system, such a thing would not be possible.
At my company we were told not to promote or hire white men. I would never vote for Trump, but I understand how DEI helped him to win
What about the huge numbers of non whites that voted for him?
White Americans? That’s interesting seeing as white women are the biggest beneficiaries of DEI.
Of course, how come the majority of the presidents in history are of white descent? Those records of presidents imo might explain how yet messed up racial equality is in United States.
No sh*t. That’s exactly who he’s trying to attract.
„I’m not as special as they told me I was in school. I’m embarrassed of how my life has turned out. This guy says it’s the fault of these other people and he’s going to oppress them so I can claw my way out.“
you know, stupid people
Weird that white people don’t like the policies that explicitly aim to favour other people for “not being white”.
that’s a real fancy way to say bigots.
Not sure this required scientific enquiry.
And don’t forget all the uncle toms that seek white validation.
Why the south was (is) pro slavery, MAKE someone less then they
These people don’t know what DEI consists of and how it affects them. Handicap parking spots, wheelchair ramps, closed captioning, equal pay and job access for women (wives, moms, daughters & grand daughters), work place sexual harassment among many other examples someone we know benefits from.
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Economic Anxiety is when a racist lies awake at night, realizing in the back of their mind, that minorities *are* hardworking then they are….*because they need to be.*
Equality of opportunity is different from equity of outcome and the inability to differentiate this massive difference has proved to be disastrous for the DNC.
Similarly. Focusing on identity politics instead of socioeconomic status was always destined to create friction and resentment.
Who do think has a bigger leg up in life. The black girl whose parents net worth is 50 million, went to private school in NYC and has an established network of high net worth individuals. Or the white guy from mobile Alabama who grew up below the poverty line?
I think viewing race as a hierarchy in the first place is part of the problem tbh.
DEI is a communist practice. Divide and conquer.