Do attitudes toward issues such as abortion, LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) rights, and tolerance of diversity matter to U.S. voters and elections? Scholarship on rights and tolerance support has failed to take into account the potentially confounding influence of racial resentment as a factor behind voter choice. This is a serious limitation that we seek to address with American National Election Studies data for presidential elections from 1992 through 2016. We bring together for the first time rights and tolerance support and racial resentment, alongside further consideration of anti-immigrant sentiments and white identity. Racial resentment and anti-immigrant sentiments shape the behavior of voters, but there is new evidence for the large influence of rights and tolerance attitudes, including with respect to the 2016 presidential election. The results suggest a growing dependence of Democratic candidates on high levels of rights and tolerance support. We discuss implications for theory and research on voter choice.

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1992-2016年美国总统选举中的权利和宽容支持

对于堕胎，LGBTQ（女同性恋，男同性恋，双性恋，变性者和同性恋者）权利以及对多样性的容忍之类的态度，对美国选民和选举是否重要？关于权利和宽容支持的奖学金未能将种族怨恨的潜在混杂因素作为选民选择背后的因素。这是一个严重的局限性，我们试图利用1992年至2016年美国大选的数据进行总统选举。我们首次将权利和宽容支持与种族怨恨结合在一起，同时进一步考虑了反移民情绪和白人身份。种族怨恨和反移民情绪影响着选民的行为，但是有新的证据表明，权利和宽容态度的影响很大，包括2016年总统大选。结果表明，民主党候选人越来越依赖高水平的权利和宽容支持。我们讨论选民理论和研究的意义。