Null Effects of Pro-Democracy Speeches by U.S. Republicans in the Aftermath of January 6th

Wuttke, Alexander ; Sichart, Florian und Foos, Florian (2023): Null Effects of Pro-Democracy Speeches by U.S. Republicans in the Aftermath of January 6th. In: Journal of Experimental Political Science, Bd. 11, Nr. 1: S. 27-41

Abstract

How can political elites strengthen citizen commitment to democratic norms when democracy is under imminent assault? We report results from a pre-registered survey experiment on the persuasive effects of actual speeches given by prominent Republican politicians (Schwarzenegger, McConnell) shortly after the January 2020 insurrection at the U.S. capitol. Although both speeches were widely considered effective at the time, in a survey experiment among Republican voters, we find no impact of one-time exposure to these speeches on the endorsement of democracy, the acceptance of election losses, the rejection of political violence, or the relevance of democratic norms in hypothetical vote choices.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Sozialwissenschaften > Geschwister-Scholl-Institut für Politikwissenschaft
• Themengebiete: 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 320 Politik
• ISSN: 2052-2630
• Bemerkung: Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 July 2023
• Sprache: Englisch