“We did, and found that anger, far more than fear, was responsible for these threat-driven ‘shift to the right’ effects,” Lambert said. In those cases, anger shifted opinions in a liberal direction on the issues directly tied to the threat. Although the study didn’t address it, Lambert gave some thought to how anger drove voters into Trump’s arms not once, but twice. Advertisement“Anger was a significant driver of their support for Trump, and that was true both times he was elected,” Lambert said. Rather, it was almost certainly due, at least in part, to the anger that conservative voters felt towards Democrats.”
