How does Trump's case explain Erdo?an?

"How does Trump keep winning?" this is what political scientists are trying to understand. The answer to that question might explain the Turkish case as well.

While international relations enthusiasts were busy examining the article in the Atlantic "The Obama Doctrine," vox.com featured "The rise of American authoritarianism." The article explains that Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump is not a cause but actually an effect. 

Rather than discuss politicians with authoritarian leanings, the article explains the psychological profile of voters who vote for such politicians.

Not surprisingly, we see "a psychological profile of individual voters that is characterized by a desire for order and a fear of outsiders. People who score high in authoritarianism, when they feel threatened, look for strong leaders who promise to take whatever action necessary to protect them from outsiders and prevent the changes they fear."

The more people start fearing the new conditions surrounding them, the more they look for a strong leader.

"This trend had been accelerated in recent years by demographic and economic changes such as immigration, which 'activated' authoritarian tendencies, leading many Americans to seek out a strongman leader who would preserve a status quo they feel is under threat and impose order on a world they perceive as increasingly alien." 

Since the Republican Party positions itself within the status quo, voters favoring authoritarian leaders organize within the Republican Party; the Tea Party is here given as an example. Although all Republican voters might not be for an authoritarian new order, the ones who do so align themselves with the Republican Party. 

Thus, what science tells us is...

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