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Turning to the hypotheses about subgroups, we find strong support for both the knowledge and the approval hypotheses within the broader population. Those least knowledgeable and most approving of Trump are more likely to react to a Trump cue. However, our results run exactly in the opposite direction of the ideology hypothesis. In fact, it is those most likely to call themselves strong conservatives who are most influenced by the cue, regardless of the direction of the cue. Strong conservatives move the most when faced with a conservative Trump cue and when faced with a liberal Trump cue. This last result suggests that self-placed, symbolic, ideology means something other than what the question asserts on its face. It is closer to a social identity than it is to a reasoned statement about one’s constraint or policy preferences or issue consistency (Ellis and Stimson 2012).

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