Opinion: Why the MAGA Cult Votes for Trump and Against Its Own Interest
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Professor Stephen J. Ducat, author of the Substack Minding Politics, joins The New Abnormal podcast to talk about how critical group identification is in the MAGA belief system, which he explores in his new book Hatreds We Love: The Psychology of Political Tribalism in Post-Truth America.
Ducat tells The New Abnormal’s co-host Andy Levy that he was compelled to write the book so he could better understand why people voted against their own self-interest and elected Donald Trump in 2016.