A Change of Heart? Why Individual-Level Public Opinion Shifted Against Trump’s “Muslim Ban”

Collingwood, Loren; Lajevardi, Nazita; Oskooii, Kassra A. R.

doi:10.1007/s11109-017-9439-z

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“…But our work suggests that a country's unity partly depends on how elites describe the "right" balance between ethnic and national identity. Indeed, contemporary politicians, like President Donald J. Trump, have used immigrant diversity to politically galvanize whites, even as the president's detractors use the same subject to reaffirm what makes America quintessentially American (Collingwood, Lajevardi, and Oskooii 2018). Hence, immigrant diversity can be managed-or mismanaged-simply by the words political elites speak.…”

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E Pluribus Unum? How Ethnic and National Identity Motivate Individual Reactions to a Political Ideal

Pérez

Deichert

Engelhardt

2019

The Journal of Politics

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Preserving national unity in light of diversity-e pluribus unum-is a challenge in immigrant-receiving nations like the United States We claim that endorsement of this view is structured by the varied bond between ethnic and national identity among immigrant minorities and native majorities, a proposition we test across three studies of US Latinos and whites. Study 1 uses national survey data to show that ethnic and national identity are associated with support for this objective, though in varied ways, among these groups. Studies 2 and 3 sharpen these results experimentally by illuminating the role of elite rhetoric in forging these connections. We show that elite remarks about the (in-)compatibility of ethnic and national identity motivate support for e pluribus unum through the specific attachment it influences. That is, elite rhetoric causes shifts in ethnic or national identity, which then asymmetrically shapes support for e pluribus unum among Latinos and whites. We have a country, where, to assimilate, you have to speak English.. .. To have a country, we have to have assimilation. This is a country where we speak English, not Spanish.-Donald J. Trump, 2015 1 We are a country where people of all backgrounds, all nations of origin, all languages, all religions. .. can make a home. America was built by immigrants.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

E Pluribus Unum? How Ethnic and National Identity Motivate Individual Reactions to a Political Ideal

Pérez

Deichert

Engelhardt

2019

The Journal of Politics

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“…We ask them whether they agree with President Trump's executive order blocking refugees and banning people from six Muslim‐majority countries from entering the United States. Recent research (Collingwood, Lajevardi, and Oskooii ) has illustrated how the “information environment” (demonstrations, media, elite speeches, etc.) quickly led to perceptions that the ban was un‐American (particularly with regard to religious freedom), shifting public opinion about it.…”

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Biased Altruism: Islamophobia and Donor Support for Global Humanitarian Organizations

Tremblay-Boire

Prakash

2018

Public Administration Review

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Providing humanitarian assistance to displaced individuals is a critical policy challenge. Many refugee camps are run by charities supported by Western donors. If refugees are predominantly Muslim, might Islamophobia suppress donations to these charities? Using a survey experiment conducted in the United States, the authors examine whether donors' willingness to support a charity is influenced by the dominant religion of the refugees, the regions in which refugee camps are located, and/or the religious affiliation of the charity. The authors find modest support for Islamophobia: while willingness to donate is not affected by the location of camps or the predominance of Muslim refugees, it declines significantly for Islamic charities. Respondents overall tend to be especially willing to donate to a charity that serves Christian refugees in the Middle East. Among self‐identifying Christians, respondents are more willing to donate to a charity serving Christian refugees than one serving Muslim refugees.

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“…As result, the people due to be deported were returned to immigration centres, and according to reports, many flights had to be diverted to other airports. Only a few months before the outbreak of the Stansted "air maidan" protest, similar occupy protests occurred in US airports as a reaction to President Donald Trump's executive order imposing a travel ban on visitors from seven Middle Eastern nations [7]. These events were remarkable given that they targeted both large and small airports across the USA, allowing protestors to raise their voices and spread their word across the world through social media with the #occupyairports hashtag.…”

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Air Maidans, Can It Be?

Correia

2018

Societies

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Airports are located at the core of the production process, but can they also be where the “revolutionary subject” is hidden? We know what airports stand for nowadays, but have we pushed for what they could possibly stand for? Can airports, as a form of urban technology, be reimagined beyond their current roles of a “space technology nexus” driving capital movement? Can we imagine, idealize, and locate them somewhere else in a period dominated by the economy of time, where speed and accessibility matter the most? In this framework, this provocative essay aims to frame airports as a protest and public expression venue. Drawing inspiration from recent examples, such as the Stansted Airport protests in the UK, the Occupy Airports protests that occurred all around the United States, and touching upon the divergent example of Turkey’s 15th of July night protests in 2016, I provide a glimpse of an alternative prospect for this key urban infrastructure.

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A Change of Heart? Why Individual-Level Public Opinion Shifted Against Trump’s “Muslim Ban”

Cited by 94 publications

References 72 publications

E Pluribus Unum? How Ethnic and National Identity Motivate Individual Reactions to a Political Ideal

E Pluribus Unum? How Ethnic and National Identity Motivate Individual Reactions to a Political Ideal

Biased Altruism: Islamophobia and Donor Support for Global Humanitarian Organizations

Air Maidans, Can It Be?

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