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Politicizing Status Loss Among Trump Supporters in 2020

Biko Koenig
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences November 2022, 8 (6) 69-86; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2022.8.6.04
Biko Koenig
aAssistant professor of government and public policy at Franklin & Marshall College, United States
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