Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The Rise of Anger in the American Public
- 2 Political Elites and the Strategic Use of Anger
- 3 Trait-Based Anger and Governmental Distrust
- 4 The Causal Effect of Anger on Trust in Government
- 5 Anger and Democratic Values in the Mass Public
- 6 Anger and Voter Loyalty
- 7 Anger and the Future of American Government
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - The Causal Effect of Anger on Trust in Government
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 August 2020
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The Rise of Anger in the American Public
- 2 Political Elites and the Strategic Use of Anger
- 3 Trait-Based Anger and Governmental Distrust
- 4 The Causal Effect of Anger on Trust in Government
- 5 Anger and Democratic Values in the Mass Public
- 6 Anger and Voter Loyalty
- 7 Anger and the Future of American Government
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In this chapter I run a national experiment where Irandomly induced either generalized/apolitical anger or political anger into subjects. The results show that anger has a causal effect on lowering trust in government. However, I show that the effect of apolitical anger on lowering governmental trust is stronger than that of political anger. This suggests that the magnitude, rather than the source, is the most important part of anger’s ability to lower trust in government.
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- American RageHow Anger Shapes Our Politics, pp. 74 - 98Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020