CNN study finds Democrat-leaning kids 5 times more likely to say they wouldn’t visit pro-Trump family's house

Over 40 hours of interviews with 10-year-olds successful aggregate states concluded that children who enactment erstwhile President Trump are much consenting to sojourn the houses of families with opposing views than their Democratic-leaning counterparts.

"Researchers recovered that Democrat-supporting kids drove polarization successful a caller study" CNN reported connected Thursday, suggesting that portion Democratic-leaning children are much consenting to discriminate against Trump supporters, kids successful reddish states are much apt to repetition "misinformation."

The findings were gleaned from much than 40 hours of interviews commissioned by CNN’s "Anderson Cooper 360," interviewing 80 simple schoolers successful Arizona, New Jersey, and Texas. The interviews, done with parents’ oregon guardians’ approval, were conducted successful some the spring, earlier President Biden relinquished the nomination, and fall, agelong aft Vice President Kamala Harris took the baton.

In some seasons, Arizona State University subordinate professor, kid improvement adept and media scientist Asheley Landrum, spoke with the children and noticed immoderate cardinal differences betwixt respondents. 

Children were shown an representation of houses with signs for the Democratic and Republican candidates and asked whether they would sojourn the location of a kid whose household supports the campaigner their household doesn't.

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"Democrat-leaning kids were astir 9 times much apt (or 800% much likely) to explicit antagonistic emotions (nervous/worried oregon angry/frustrated) astir Donald Trump than Republican-leaning kids were apt to explicit astir Kamala Harris," the survey explained. 

CNN big Anderson Cooper summarized connected his amusement that "Overall, the biggest finding" was that "children successful the survey were polarized, with what researchers called much utmost responses from the bluish authorities kids than the reddish authorities kids."

"Donald Trump, helium did atrocious things, he's similar Hitler," a Democrat-leaning lad said.

When asked what the archetypal connection would beryllium that pops into their caput astir the campaigner they oppose, 1 kid said it would beryllium "liar" for Harris, portion different said "pure evil" for Trump.

Landrum besides showed each kid an representation of 2 houses, 1 with a motion for the Republican summons and 1 with the Democratic Party ticket, and asked whether they oregon their families would beryllium good with them playing with a person astatine the location of a household that supports the opposing party.

"Most, Landrum notes, were unfastened to visiting the location associated with either governmental party. But she adds that a higher percent of Democrat-leaning kids – a 3rd of them successful September – were unwilling to sojourn the homes of children whose families enactment Trump," CNN reported. "Few of the Trump-leaning kids said they would beryllium unwilling to sojourn a Democrat-backing house."

CNN’s "Anderson Cooper 360," commissioned a survey interviewing 80 simple schoolers successful Arizona, New Jersey, and Texas. 

In May, 1 kid from a Biden-supporting household suggested determination would beryllium an statement if they each visited a Trump-supporting family’s house, "Maybe similar a nutrient combat oregon something."

One African-American child, erstwhile asked if his household would beryllium good with him going to the location of a kid whose household supported Trump said, "No, due to the fact that they cognize helium does not similar Black people, truthful they would not beryllium blessed to spot me."

Another besides said his household would not let him to spell to a Trump-supporting family's house, "No. No way. Because, like, my ma and dada don't similar Donald Trump astatine all. Not a azygous bit."

Meanwhile, different lad was asked whether helium would beryllium good going to somebody's location who likes Harris, and helium replied, "I deliberation it would beryllium fine, it's conscionable astir the personality."

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Another question was asked astir whether kids surviving successful Trump-supporter houses and Harris-supporter houses could beryllium friends. 

One miss suggested radical tin beryllium friends contempt differences, "I similar Taylor Swift, and they similar Olivia Rodrigo, but we’re inactive friends."

"It doesn't substance if you are antithetic by tegument colour oregon it doesn't substance if you are antithetic people, you tin inactive beryllium friends," different lad said.

Landrum offered a mentation arsenic to wherefore the responses from Democratic-leaning children were truthful overmuch much polarized than those from Republicans. 

"So, Donald Trump is simply a precise polarizing figure, and it‘s precise imaginable that the kids are reacting to their parents reacting to Donald Trump being a precise antithetic benignant of governmental fig than what we‘ve seen before," she said connected CNN. "So bash the reddish authorities kids clasp arsenic beardown of attitudes? Well, not erstwhile we‘re talking astir Kamala Harris, successful portion that could beryllium due to the fact that they don‘t cognize that overmuch astir her."

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