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“Throughout American history, police have gravitated to right-wing, law-and- order politicians and ethnocentric groups… The FOP [Fraternal Order of Police] has a racially fraught history.” & “[FOP] lodge density is associated with a… swing from Romney to Trump."
Blue Endorsements Matter: How the Fraternal Order of Police Contributed to Donald Trump’s Victory
PS: Political Science & Politics
Vol. 52 Issue 2, pp. 243–250,
2019
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