Immigration Status, Immigrant Family Ties, and Support for the Democratic Party

Hawley, George

doi:10.1111/ssqu.12621

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“…Since 1968, no Republican presidential candidate has exceeded 13% of the African American vote, and upwards of 80% self-identify as Democrats (White and Laird 2020). Support for the Democratic Party is also well documented among Asians (Masuoka et al 2018) and Latinos (de la Garza and Cortina 2007), especially Latino immigrants (Hawley 2019;Pantoja, Ramirez, and Segura 2001). conjunction with candidates' validation of those concerns.…”

Section: Localized Manufacturing Layoffs and White Identity Politicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gone For Good: Deindustrialization, White Voter Backlash, and US Presidential Voting

2021

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Globalization and automation have contributed to deindustrialization and the loss of millions of manufacturing jobs, yielding important electoral implications across advanced democracies. Coupling insights from economic voting and social identity theory, we consider how different groups in society may construe manufacturing job losses in contrasting ways. We argue that deindustrialization threatens dominant group status, leading some white voters in affected localities to favor candidates they believe will address economic distress and defend racial hierarchy. Examining three US presidential elections, we find white voters were more likely to vote for Republican challengers where manufacturing layoffs were high, whereas Black voters in hard-hit localities were more likely to vote for Democrats. In survey data, white respondents, in contrast to people of color, associated local manufacturing job losses with obstacles to individual upward mobility and with broader American economic decline. Group-based identities help explain divergent political reactions to common economic shocks.

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Section: Localized Manufacturing Layoffs and White Identity Politicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gone For Good: Deindustrialization, White Voter Backlash, and US Presidential Voting

2021

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“…Therefore, those with privileged identities will not only distrust these social institutions but will also be likely to support a candidate who endorses the status quo. As such, race/ethnicity is an especially important factor to consider in the context of voting behavior because historical and socio‐contextual factors (e.g., racism, voting suppression) affect not only whether one is able to vote and for whom (Combs, 2016), but also whether one is more likely to aim to maintain or disrupt the status quo (Shorey et al., 2002) and to support particular candidates (Hawley, 2019; Ostfeld, 2019).…”

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Trust and tribulation: Racial identity centrality, institutional trust, and support for candidates in the 2020 US presidential election

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Areguin

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Anal Soc Iss & Public Policy

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We examined how racial‐ethnic identity centrality, or the importance of race/ethnicity in people's self‐perceptions, affected peoples’ support for the Democratic and Republican candidates in the 2020 US election. We explored this association by examining the mediating role of trust in important social institutions. In Study 1, we examined these effects by comparing the pattern of relationships among people of color (POC) and white people, using a sample of 177 Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) participants. In Study 2, we expanded our focus on different racial‐ethnic groups, by comparing effects for Black, Latinx, Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI), and white participants, using a sample of 530 MTurk workers. Although there were a few findings that ran contrary to our expectations, the two studies generally found that trust in institutions that challenge the status quo, such as the media, explained the relationship between identity centrality and support for candidates among POC, especially Black and Latinx participants. We also found that trust in institutions that uphold the status quo, such as police and courts, explained the relationship between racial‐ethnic identity centrality and support for candidates among white people.

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“…This is largely because immigrants are much more likely to be racial or ethnic minorities than native‐born Americans; Asians and Hispanics together constitute a large majority of the immigrant population in the United States (Radford and Noe‐Bustmante, 2019) and majorities of both groups have voted for Democratic candidates in recent presidential elections. Aside from the racial and ethnic differences, immigrant status itself may influence partisan identity and vote choice (Hawley, 2019).…”

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Cui Bono? Partisanship and Attitudes Toward Refugees

Hanania

2020

Social Science Quarterly

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Objective This paper tests the hypothesis that the expected partisan affiliation of refugee populations partially explains why white conservatives and white liberals have different attitudes toward refugee resettlement in the United States. Method This was tested with a preregistered survey experiment that examined how attitudes toward refugee resettlement changed depending on the racial and political characteristics of a theoretical refugee population. Results Conservative opposition to refugee resettlement can be weakened if conservatives are given reasons to believe those refugees will support the Republican Party. At the same time, liberal support for refugees drops when they receive the same information. Conclusion Although white conservatives and white liberals exhibit different levels of racial prejudice, and this has consequences for their immigration and refugee policy preferences, their beliefs about how newcomers influence domestic partisan politics are also consequential.

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Immigration Status, Immigrant Family Ties, and Support for the Democratic Party

Cited by 8 publications

References 21 publications

Gone For Good: Deindustrialization, White Voter Backlash, and US Presidential Voting

Gone For Good: Deindustrialization, White Voter Backlash, and US Presidential Voting

Trust and tribulation: Racial identity centrality, institutional trust, and support for candidates in the 2020 US presidential election

Cui Bono? Partisanship and Attitudes Toward Refugees

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