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White Respondents Seeing Minority Gains Cut Redistribution Support

5/19/2026

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Researchers found that white respondents who see group losing to minorities reduce support for redistribution.
Sumeyye Mine Iltekin Gocer and Joanne M. Miller of the University of Delaware surveyed 727 white adults in 2019, assigning them to absolute or relative framing.
In the relative framing, respondents who felt white Americans were losing lowered support for welfare and redistribution, an effect that persisted after controlling for demographics, ideology and racial attitudes.

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Story summary

Researchers found that white respondents who see group losing to minorities reduce support for redistribution.
Sumeyye Mine Iltekin Gocer and Joanne M. Miller of the University of Delaware surveyed 727 white adults in 2019, assigning them to absolute or relative framing.
In the relative framing, respondents who felt white Americans were losing lowered support for welfare and redistribution, an effect that persisted after controlling for demographics, ideology and racial attitudes.