Spencer C Lindsay

Biographic Data

ID4124294
NAMESpencer C Lindsay
GIVEN NAMESSpencer C
FAMILY NAMELindsay
SIGNATURELINDSAY S C
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Arizona
ORCID0000-0002-7928-2981
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS5
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Inhabiting Different Worlds

    Open AccessRongbo Jin, Spencer Lindsay et al.ARTICLEPolitical Research Quarterly2026

    How does partisanship shape the ways Americans interpret major political events? We examine public evaluations of the Black Lives Matter protests and the January 6th insurrection using an original nationally representative YouGov survey alongside cross-sectional and panel data from the 2016–2024 American National Election Studies. We find that responses to both events are strongly structured by partisanship, but that this influence extends beyond…

  • Racialized Perceptions of Cities and the Attitudes of White Americans

    Open AccessSpencer C Lindsay, C R MelcherARTICLEUrban Affairs Review2026

    Over the past eight decades, scholarship has demonstrated that racial attitudes are shaped by local demographic contexts. While this literature offers a sophisticated account of how interactions with proximate space structure racial attitudes, little is known about the impact of racialized perceptions of non-proximate spaces. This paper examines how racialized perceptions of distant cities influence perceptions of racial threat and policy prefere…

  • Class, the welfare state, and redistributive attitudes

    C R Melcher, Joseph Van Der Naald et al.ARTICLEThe Social Science Journal2025References: 20

  • What Do American Socialists Really Believe? Polarization, Ideology, and the Problem of Socialist Identifiers

    Open AccessC R Melcher, Spencer C LindsayARTICLECritical Sociology2025References: 31

    A growing body of evidence suggests an increase in ideological and partisan polarization among Americans. At the same time, public opinion polls have found increasing support for socialism and anti-capitalist attitudes. The polarization literature, however, has not evolved to take these latter findings into account. Polarization is assumed to occur within the context of the classic liberal-conservative/Democrat-Republican dualities. Since sociali…

  • A Dynamic Forecast

    Open AccessSpencer C Lindsay, Levi G AllenARTICLEPS Political Science & Politics2024

    In this article, we build a model to predict the state-level results of the 2024 election. We do so by using both polling from similar points in past election cycles and the results of the previous election. Notably, we update our model over time, and the coefficients of the two variables change as a result: the model puts more weight on polling as the election gets closer. As of September 1, 2024, we find that Kamala Harris is a narrow favorite …

  • Investigating the Origins of Status Threat among White Americans

    Open AccessSpencer C Lindsay, C R MelcherARTICLEPublic Opinion Quarterly2024References: 22

    In the last decade and a half, the United States has seen a rise in right-wing nationalism. Status threat provides a compelling explanation as to why. As white Americans see changing demographics, more diverse imagery in American leadership, and increased interdependence globally, they fear that they are losing “their” country. Scholars, however, often see status threat as primarily symbolic rather than material. We argue that material concerns a…

  • A tug of war

    Levi G Allen, Spencer C LindsayARTICLEPolitics Groups and Identities2023Cited by: 1References: 18

    Recent literature has documented the increasing effect ethnocentrism exerts on American political behavior. In most cases, ideology and ethnocentrism point voters in the same direction, but what happens when ideology suggests one candidate and ethnocentrism a different candidate? Using data from the American National Election Studies (ANES), we analyze the voting behavior of white Americans in recent presidential elections (1992–2016) to better u…

  • The Relationship Between Racial Attitudes and Perceived Economic Threat Among Whites

    Open AccessSpencer C LindsayARTICLEAmerican Politics Research2023Cited by: 3References: 39

    Multiple theoretical orientations propose a link between economic anxiety and racial attitudes. This article explores this link using three studies. The first study uses observational data from the 2016 CCES and ANES to determine whether or not anticipating a loss in income in the coming year is associated with negative racial affect. The second study uses observational data from the 2020 CCES to determine whether or not perceiving a greater risk…

  • In naturalistic psychedelic use, group use is common and acceptable

    Open AccessK J Byrne, Spencer Lindsay et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychedelic Studies2023Cited by: 1

    Background and aimsMost modern modalities of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy (PAP) aim to minimize harm and maximize support by utilizing close, formalized supervision for a single participant per session. However, these substances are used naturalistically in a wide variety of settings. Our goal was to evaluate the perceived benefits and harms of naturalistic psychedelic use in diverse settings, with and without guidance/supervision.MethodsAn…

  • The Transferability of Out‐Group Contact

    Open AccessSpencer C LindsayARTICLESocial Science Quarterly2021References: 21

    Objective This article seeks to establish a positive relationship between in‐group contact with members of one particular out‐group and affect toward all out‐groups. I hope to provide early evidence that contact with one specific out‐group may have a transferable effect on feelings toward all out‐groups. Methods Using data from the American National Election Study, I use a series of regression models to estimate the effect of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexu…