Collective Narcissism and the 2016 United States Presidential Vote

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Federico, Christopher and Golec de Zavala, Agnieszka. 2018. Collective Narcissism and the 2016 United States Presidential Vote. Public Opinion Quarterly, 82(1), pp. 110-121. ISSN 0033-362X [Article]

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Explaining support for Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy has become a key social-science challenge. An emerging literature highlights several important individual-level precursors of Trump support, including racial attitudes, sexism, and authoritarianism. In this report, we provide evidence for the role of a novel psychological factor: collective narcissism, an inflated, unrealistic view of the national ingroup’s greatness contingent on external recognition. Using data from a recent national survey, we demonstrate that collective narcissism is a powerful predictor of 2016 presidential votes and evaluations of Trump, even after controlling for other variables known to predict candidate preferences in general and Trump support in particular.

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https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/nfx048