1/n White moral shame and white guilt (having a graduate also appears to have strong effects but the estimate is more uncertain) are two of the best predictors (in my dataset) of reporting feeling 'happy' about the projected loss of America's white majority.

Their effects are additive

3/n items constituting shame and guilt measures

4/n 'Happiness' responses by ideology

5/n The effects of shame and guilt in my sample mostly bring people away from the 'neither sad nor happy' category and into the 'happy' category.