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Analyzing the Republican #NeverTrump Movement in 2016

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Analyzing the Republican #NeverTrump Movement in 2016

Analyzing the Republican #NeverTrump Movement in 2016
Chaos erupted on the floor on the first day of the Republican National Committee in Cleveland, as forces opposed to Donald Trump tried — and failed — to make one last stand. / John Moore, Getty Images

Religion and sex—both in the identity category—had the largest effects on the decision to join the #NeverTrump movement.


By Lauren R. Johnson, Deon McCray, and Jordan M. Ragusa
Department of Political Science
College of Charleston


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Originally published by SAGE Journals, 01.11.2018, under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.