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- Choices in a Chaotic Campaign
- Choices in a Chaotic Campaign
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- 1 Understanding How Campaigns Matter
- 2 “A Hot Mess inside a Dumpster Fire inside a Train Wreck”
- 3 The Priming of COVID-19 during the Campaign
- 4 Protests against Police Brutality
- 5 “A Rigged Election”
- 6 How the Campaign Shapes Voters’ Decisions about the Candidates
- 7 The Impact of Campaign Messages on the Decision to Vote
- 8 How Campaign 2020 Matters
- Appendix Survey Questionnaire
- References
- Index
5 - “A Rigged Election”
How Views about Election Integrity Altered the Campaign
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 May 2024
- Choices in a Chaotic Campaign
- Choices in a Chaotic Campaign
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- 1 Understanding How Campaigns Matter
- 2 “A Hot Mess inside a Dumpster Fire inside a Train Wreck”
- 3 The Priming of COVID-19 during the Campaign
- 4 Protests against Police Brutality
- 5 “A Rigged Election”
- 6 How the Campaign Shapes Voters’ Decisions about the Candidates
- 7 The Impact of Campaign Messages on the Decision to Vote
- 8 How Campaign 2020 Matters
- Appendix Survey Questionnaire
- References
- Index
Summary
The incumbent president consistently and systematically sowed doubts about the integrity of the American electoral process throughout the 2020 presidential campaign. Trump’s campaign tactic had effects on voters. In this chapter, we show that public confidence in the integrity of the election is much lower for Republicans and for people paying attention to conservative news compared to Democrats and consumers of left-leaning news. Further, a propensity to believe in conspiracy theories fuels doubts about the security of the election. In addition, we show that a number of psychological predispositions consistently influence people’s assessments of Biden’s and Trump’s ability to safeguard the election, including people’s level of racial resentment and level of hostile sexism. Finally, people’s confidence in the security of the election is associated with positive changes in overall evaluations of Biden and negative changes in overall evaluations of Trump from September to October.
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- Choices in a Chaotic CampaignUnderstanding Citizens' Decisions in the 2020 Election, pp. 122 - 146Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024