QUESTION ONE: Are Trump’s Supporters Highly Authoritarian? ANSWER: Are They Ever! Happily, for our explanation, but most unhappily for the country, the poll said yes. As predicted, the more people supported Donald Trump, the more they were likely to be high RWAs. Figure 1 shows the findings with the RWA Scale. (The results for the Social Dominance Orientation Scale are quite similar, just a little less dramatic.) Figure 1 breaks down this relationship. The overwhelming majority of low RWAs disapproved of Trump, almost always “strongly.” He is anathema to low RWAs. On the other hand, high RWAs
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