What Leads Racially Resentful Voters to Choose Black Candidates?

2020 ◽  
pp. 000-000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher F. Karpowitz ◽  
Tyson King-Meadows ◽  
J. Quin Monson ◽  
Jeremy C. Pope
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1991 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 150
Author(s):  
Jack Citrin ◽  
Donald Green ◽  
David Sears
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1999 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 489-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamie M. Harris ◽  
John F. Zipp
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2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 356-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher T. Stout

AbstractWhile a number of studies demonstrate that black candidates have the ability to increase black political participation, a growing literature is investigatingwhydescriptive representation matters. This paper contributes to this discussion by exploring whether perceptions of candidate traits play a mediating role between the presence of an African American candidate on the ballot and increases in black political activity. I test this trait hypothesis using data from the 1992–2012 American National Election Study, a survey experiment, and statistical mediation analysis. The results indicate that perceptions of black candidates as being better leaders, more empathetic, knowledgeable, intelligent, honest, and moral explain a substantial amount of why descriptive representation increases black political participation across a range of different political activities. In the conclusion, I discuss the importance of the psychological link between blacks and their co-racial representatives in inspiring higher levels of political participation.



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Vol 23 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 309-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baodong Liu ◽  
James M. Vanderleeuw


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pp. 973-998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ebonya Washington


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Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanna Krupnikov ◽  
Spencer Piston ◽  
Nichole M. Bauer


1990 ◽  
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pp. 219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raphael J. Sonenshein
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Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 149
Author(s):  
Charlotte Steeh
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