Study: White Americans Become Conservative When Told They're Becoming a Minority

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http://www.vox.com/2014/4/8/5594224...theyll-be-a-minority-become-more-conservative

White Americans become more conservative when they're told that whites might soon be a minority in the US, according to a new study in Psychological Science.

The authors, Maureen Craig and Jennifer Richeson of Northwestern, use data from two main experiments. In one, a group of survey respondents was told that California had become a majority-minority state, and the other group was told that the Hispanic population was now equal in size to the black population in the US. Then, all respondents were asked what their political ideology was. The group that was told whites were in the minority in California identified as more conservative than the second group.

In another experiment, one group of respondents read a press release saying that whites would soon become a minority nationally in 2042, while a second group read a release that didn't mention race. The group primed by race then endorsed more conservative policy positions.
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Abstract said:
The U.S. Census Bureau projects that racial minority groups will make up a majority of the U.S. national population in 2042, effectively creating a so-called majority-minority nation. In four experiments, we explored how salience of such racial demographic shifts affects White Americans’ political-party leanings and expressed political ideology. Study 1 revealed that making California’s majority-minority shift salient led politically unaffiliated White Americans to lean more toward the Republican Party and express greater political conservatism. Studies 2, 3a, and 3b revealed that making the changing national racial demographics salient led White Americans (regardless of political affiliation) to endorse conservative policy positions more strongly. Moreover, the results implicate group-status threat as the mechanism underlying these effects. Taken together, this work suggests that the increasing diversity of the nation may engender a widening partisan divide.
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I wonder if this applies outside the US.

This also goes well with this.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/04/inquiring-minds-john-hibbing-physiology-ideology

This is not fringe science: One of Hibbing's pioneering papers on the physiology of ideology was published in none other than the top-tier journal Science in 2008. It found that political partisans on the left and the right differ significantly in their bodily responses to threatening stimuli. For example, startle reflexes after hearing a loud noise were stronger in conservatives. And after being shown a variety of threatening images ("a very large spider on the face of a frightened person, a dazed individual with a bloody face, and an open wound with maggots in it," according to the study), conservatives also exhibited greater skin conductance—a moistening of the sweat glands that indicates arousal of the sympathetic nervous system, which manages the body's fight-or-flight response.

It all adds up, according to Hibbing, to what he calls a "negativity bias" on the right. Conservatives, Hibbing's research suggests, go through the world more attentive to negative, threatening, and disgusting stimuli—and then they adopt tough, defensive, and aversive ideologies to match that perceived reality.
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Eye-tracking devices look so nightmarish.

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Isn't it more than white Americans are becoming a plurality? It'll be significantly longer before any other single racial group comprises a larger percentage of the population than whites.
 
Sadly as I've grown older, I'm seeing more and more of my friends exhibiting these traits that the report talks about. The degrees of perceived persecution and threats to them that they manage to find are quite impressive, more so because they tend to link to the news that support their positions, and almost every single time, once you get past the bombastic headline and actually read the articles, the perceived aggression turns out to be nonexistent.

They`re also far more likely to assume that you`re an in denial leftist if you show them wrong. Hrm. Us vs mentality goes strong.
 
Mr. Serious Business said:
Isn't it more than white Americans are becoming a plurality? It'll be significantly longer before any other single racial group comprises a larger percentage of the population than whites.
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Yes, that's what they're saying. There will be more non-white Americans than white Americans, but white Americans will still be the largest single group.
 
Mr. Serious Business said:
Isn't it more than white Americans are becoming a plurality? It'll be significantly longer before any other single racial group comprises a larger percentage of the population than whites.
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Yeah, but there's the fear of the ethnic vote grouping together and being able to overrule the white majority/plurality. The problem is they won't have a 'super majority'
 
This could explain why Israeli have consistently voted conservative in recent elections. They are now plurality among non-Jews.

Also the Fiji coup against ethnic Indian leaders about 15 years ago. People hate losing privilege and many immediately change tune.
 
Riskington said:
Breaking news: people want things to stay the same when they benefit from things staying the same.
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It's almost like the majority of people want what benefits them most... = O

Seriously, this is as shocking as the one I saw years ago that said divorced women become more liberal.
 
Better food for everyone! What is there to worry about?

In all seriousness, white people still have a strangehold on wealth that is not going away anytime soon:

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That's where the real power is anyway. It's a shame too- our immigrants and minorities have enriched our country so much and it sucks that they aren't rewarded more for their work and contribution to our country.
 
Red Mage said:
Both major political parties (and many minor ones) use fear and hatred of the "Other" side for their benefit.
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Not really. Liberalism isn't based on fear. You can see examples of it in certain issues but the political philosophy is completely different and not fear based
 
Political ideology is cultural, almost tribalistic and for most people is not based on actual political beliefs. Otherwise, why would poor whites keep voting for people who endorse policies that keep them poor?
 
Enzom21 said:
According to some people, there is no such thing as privilege based on race.

It reminds me of a Jane Elliot class.

"If they get power who loses power? We do."
http://youtu.be/Bf2LB0IG1xo
http://youtu.be/neEVoFODQOE
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the conservatives most vehement about denying the existence of race based privilege are undoubtedly the ones most fearful about sweeping demographic changes. I guess subconsciously and in their heart of hearts, they know of the reality they expend so much effort denying
 
Funky Papa said:
People becoming conservative (read: trying to keep the status quo) when facing losing their privileges is a pretty normal reaction, regardless of race and country.
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The funny thing is, simply becoming a minority won't suddenly erase white privilege. These institutions are more deeply rooted in our society than that.
 
APKmetsfan said:
They are a liberal party. And their base is liberal
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Maybe we have differing notions as to what liberal means. That's fine - it's a semantic argument. I view the modern Democratic party as a largely center-right entity (in comparison to "liberal" counterparts in other western nations). I think both parties employ fear in equal measure, though the Democrats message is certainly more coherent. The difference is what they're asking you to be afraid of. Are you afraid of brown people and normal gay families, or are you afraid of "rape wands" and entitlement cuts? The latter is certainly more rational than the former but both are attempting to get you to vote their way by making you afraid of what the other guy has to offer.
 
APKmetsfan said:
They are a liberal party. And their base is liberal
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By American standards. By world standards, the official Democratic platform is center-right at best. Real left-of-center parties frighten Democrats, and cause Republicans to go run for their fainting couches (or their guns, but what doesn't make a Republican clutch for their guns these days?)
 
Deified Data said:
Maybe we have differing notions as to what liberal means. That's fine - it's a semantic argument. I view the modern Democratic party as a largely center-right entity (in comparison to "liberal" counterparts in other western nations). I think both parties employ fear in equal measure, though the Democrats message is certainly more coherent. The difference is what they're asking you to be afraid of. Are you afraid of brown people and normal gay families, or are you afraid of "rape wands" and entitlement cuts? The latter is certainly more rational than the former but both are attempting to get you to vote their way by making you afraid of what the other guy has to offer.
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This is pretty true. Like you said though, one party likes to play on irrational fears more.

Edit: Athough it seems that the republicans actually rely almost entirely on fear mongering to further their politics. The democrats though actually seem to have a plan for the future though rather than just single mindedly trying to take control of the political process.
 
Damaniel said:
By American standards. By world standards, the official Democratic platform is center-right at best. Real left-of-center parties frighten Democrats
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Absolutely not. I think I've had this argument on GAF. Unless your redefining the only left of center parties as communist.

And even then this is about liberals vs. conservative philosophies and why the vote. You can read the second article I posted to show that they aren't the same.
 
Deified Data said:
Maybe we have differing notions as to what liberal means. That's fine - it's a semantic argument. I view the modern Democratic party as a largely center-right entity (in comparison to "liberal" counterparts in other western nations). I think both parties employ fear in equal measure, though the Democrats message is certainly more coherent. The difference is what they're asking you to be afraid of. Are you afraid of brown people and normal gay families, or are you afraid of "rape wands" and entitlement cuts? The latter is certainly more rational than the former but both are attempting to get you to vote their way by making you afraid of what the other guy has to offer.
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The democratic party is not center-right in regards to any other country (as an aside, I'd love for you to describe this 'center' from which your judging the world on). You can point to specific pet examples that you wish to highlight. It will turn into a no-true-Scotsman with the goalposts constantly changed.

But even then one side is not asking you to be 'afraid of "rape wands" and entitlement cuts' They motives for voting liberal are different than conservative. You can read the second link which explains this. The brain reactions are different. Its not just a change in what one is afraid of.
 
APKmetsfan said:
Not really. Liberalism isn't based on fear. You can see examples of it in certain issues but the political philosophy is completely different and not fear based
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Believe as you wish, but both sides today have a mix of fear and hatred that often boil up to the surface.
 
APKmetsfan said:
The democratic party is not center-right in regards to any other country. You can point to specific pet examples that you wish to highlight. It will turn into a no-true-Scotsman with the goalposts constantly changed.
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I find it best to abstain from conversations when the other side has already decided how it'll end. Thanks.
 
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