Racists and sexists like a conservative politician. They don’t care if a politician is Black/female

What is it about?

Do racists and sexists actually oppose Black and female politicians and support White and male politicians? It turns out it is not the case! These studies suggest that racist and sexist actually support conservative politicians and oppose liberal politicians. Whether politicians are black/white/male/female does not matter very much. Similarly, people who do not like Muslims also don't care too much (though a little bit) whether a politician is Muslim or Christian.

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Why is it important?

People used to think that racists and sexists do not like Black/female candidates, but it turns out candidates' race and gender don't matter that much, at least in the scope of the research discussed in this paper (i.e., for most citizens in the most recent few decades in the U.S. politics).