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Anger Mediates the Effects of Fear on Support for the Far Right—A Rejoinder
Author(s) -
Vasilopoulos Pavlos,
Marcus George E.,
Valentino Nicholas,
Foucault Martial
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
political psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.419
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-9221
pISSN - 0162-895X
DOI - 10.1111/pops.12598
Subject(s) - anger , interpretation (philosophy) , psychology , voting , social psychology , criminology , political science , law , computer science , politics , programming language
We are grateful to John Jost for carefully engaging with our work and presenting a different interpretation of our findings on the effects of fear and anger stemming from the November 13, 2015, Paris attacks on the propensity to vote for the far right. Jost advances a model that holds that anger mediates the effect of fear on support for the far right. In this rejoinder, we respond to the issues he raises regarding our model specification, consider his alternative suggestion, and offer some conclusions about how to resolve this debate empirically. We hope this exchange advances the literature on the impact of various societal threats on voting for the far right.