Trope (politics)

Tropes are narratives that often rely on symbols or myths to inform beliefs in politics and political science.^{[citation needed]} John S. Nelson argued in 1998 that tropes were not examined enough, and that being more aware of them would improve political discussion and debate.^[1] In 2021, Renée DiResta argued for prebunking health misinformation tropes as a way of reducing the spread of misleading information.^[2]

Types

• Ableist tropes^[3][4]
• Antisemitic tropes^[5][6]
• Childless cat ladies
• Fascist tropes^[7]
• Health misinformation tropes^[2]
• Islamophobic trope
• Outside agitators at protests^[8][9]
• Racist tropes^[10][11]
• The invisible hand^[12]

American political tropes

• American exceptionalism^[13]
• Coastal elites vs. the heartland^[14][15]
• Deep state conspiracy theory^[16]
• Illegal immigration and crime^[17][18][19]
• Race and crime^[20][21]
• The welfare queen^[22][19][23]
• Owning the libs^[24]

See also

• Trope (disambiguation)
• Framing (social sciences)