Maga explained: how personality and context shape radical movements

By Magnus Linden, Associate Professor of Psychology, Lund University
Claire Campbell, Lecturer in Social Psychology, Ulster University
Fredrik Björklund, Professor of psychology, Lund University

It’s often said that Donald Trump’s power base in the Maga movement has contributed to the radicalisation of the Republican party. Political scientists worry about the implications of this for the future of American democracy itself.

One example of that radicalisation was the attack on the US Capitol on January 6 2021 in an attempt to overturn the result. Exacerbating that radicalisation is the movement’s hostility towards much of the mainstream media. This is something that has been

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