But in 2017, students reported 18 percent more bullying in Trump locales than the Clinton ones. In the Clinton regions, bullying actually declined slightly from 2015; in the Trump zones, it increased. The Trump areas saw particular increases in teasing about race and, to a lesser degree, sexual orientation. Cornell and Huang’s peer-reviewed paper, “School Teasing and Bullying After the Presidential Election,” was published on Wednesday. “The adults that voted for Trump are much more likely to emulate Trump and be supportive of attitudes that we saw turned into bullying and teasing in middle school,” said Cornell.

Source: New York Times January 11, 2019 10:52 UTC