SPSSI Virtual Issue - Making Sense of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

Edited by Masi Noor, School of Psychology, Keele University, UK

Following perhaps one of the most extraordinary U.S. presidential election seasons, SPSSI is uniquely positioned to provide a competent analysis and insight, based on scholarship, to help make sense of the manifold factors and dynamics that govern national events of this nature. In this post-presidential election special issue, we bring together a unique selection of contributions that shed light on some of the major issues that were fiercely debated during the recent election and are likely to influence future national debates, regardless of country. These issues include disenfranchisement, class, gender, morality, immigration, Electoral College, influencing policy, and why people vote. As such, this special issue showcases the contributions that scholars have made toward the analysis of societal issues, national events, and policy, through which it is hoped to bring about understanding within and between nations.

Democracy, voting, and disenfranchisement in the United States: A social psychological perspective
Kevin Lanning
Published in Volume 64, Issue 3
Journal of Social Issues

The "Antidemocratic Personality" revisited: A cross-national investigation of working-class authoritarianism
Jaime L. Napier and John T. Jost
Published in Volume 64, Issue 3
Journal of Social Issues

A role congruity perspective on prejudice toward Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin
Sarah J. Gervais and Amy L. Hillard
Published in Volume 11, Issue 1
Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy

Ideology-specific patterns of moral indifference predict intentions not to vote
Kate M. Johnson, et al.
Published in Volume 14, Issue 1
Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy

A nation of immigrants: Living our legacy
Kay Deaux
Published in Volume 62, Issue 3
Journal of Social Issues

Waltzing with a monster: Bringing research to bear on public policy
Marybeth Shinn
Published in Volume 63, Issue 1
Journal of Social Issues

Why do people vote? A psychological analysis of the causes of voter turnout
Joshua Harder and Jon A. Krosnick
Published in Volume 64, Issue 3
Journal of Social Issues

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