That's the group that was most likely to support Trump throughout the GOP primaries and the general election.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/01/donald-trump-2016-authoritarian-213533
Here are some examples of RWA thoughts (from a quick test of that personality trait):
https://openpsychometrics.org/tests/RWAS/
The established authorities generally turn out to be right about things, while the radicals and protestors are usually just "loud mouths" showing off their ignorance.
Women should have to promise to obey their husbands when they get married.
Our country desperately needs a mighty leader who will do what has to be done to destroy the radical new ways and sinfulness that are ruining us.
It is always better to trust the judgement of the proper authorities in government and religion than to listen to the noisy rabble-rousers in our society who are trying to create doubt in people's minds.
The only way our country can get through the crisis ahead is to get back to our traditional values, put some tough leaders in power, and silence the troublemakers spreading bad ideas.
Our country will be destroyed someday if we do not smash the perversions eating away at our moral fiber and traditional beliefs.
The "old-fashioned ways" and the "old-fashioned values" still show the best way to live.
What our country really needs is a strong, determined leader who will crush evil, and take us back to our true path.
God's laws about abortion, pornography and marriage must be strictly followed before it is too late, and those who break them must be strongly punished.
There are many radical, immoral people in our country today, who are trying to ruin it for their own godless purposes, whom the authorities should put out of action.
Our country will be great if we honor the ways of our forefathers, do what the authorities tell us to do, and get rid of the "rotten apples" who are ruining everything.
This country would work a lot better if certain groups of troublemakers would just shut up and accept their group's traditional place in society.
Many of them happen to be white "born again" Christians, not surprising given those RWA ideas shown above. They were a whopping 26% of all GE voters, supporting Trump over Clinton 80% to 16%. (If not for them, Hillary would've handily won the "white vote" too.)
http://edition.cnn.com/election/results/exit-polls
They've had years of reinforcement from FOX News and other right-wing sources, so that hasn't helped.
RWA is a worldwide problem that has probably existed since the dawn of humanity. Better education and exposure to other cultures reduces it, but that can be difficult when RWA's keep themselves in a bubble.
On a related note, the Jews were under propaganda attack in Germany (and elsewhere) for many decades before Hitler and the Nazis were in power.
Liberals have been the decades-long RWA scapegoat in this country. The fact that liberals bemoaned Trump so much made them especially pleased. If you spent much time reading comments on general message boards after the election, you surely noticed that the main comments from Trump voters was that the election made the liberals "whine" and "cry" so much.
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