Is THIS the reason for the increasing insanity in the GOP?

White Americans Become More Conservative The More They Fear Becoming A Minority (Click here to read more)

April 10, 2014 |

Posted by: Alan

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A Northwestern University study reveals that as white Americans learn of America’s changing demographics, the more conservative they become.
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Psychological scientists Maureen Craig and Jennifer Richeson of Northwestern University noticed a substantial amount of media attention when predictions were made that the “majority-minority” population shift would happen in 2050 or sooner.
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“We wondered how this kind of ‘us-vs-them’ framing would be perceived by members of the current majority,” says Craig.
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Craig and Richeson first examined data from 369 White participants who had described themselves as politically unaffiliated in a national Pew Research survey.
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They found that participants who had read that California is a majority-minority state tended to lean more towards the Republican Party and rate their ideological attitudes as more conservative than participants who simply read that the Hispanic population had become equal in size to the Black population in the United States.