Racial Crossover Voting and the Election of Black Officials

Bullock, Charles S.

doi:10.2307/2130442

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“…Most observational studies of race have examined the white electorate as a whole without examining how different racial attitudes among whites may effect minority candidacies (Highton, 2004;Bullock, 1984). While recent studies have explored the influence of differing racial attitudes among whites on the evaluation of President Obama (Tesler and Sears, 2010;Jacobson, 2011;Kinder and Dale-Riddle, 2012), there has not yet been an observational study that examines the effect of racial attitudes on black, Latino, and Asian candidates at the congressional level.…”

Section: For Whom Does Race Matter?mentioning

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When Does Race Matter? Exploring White Responses to Minority Congressional Candidates

Visalvanich

2015

SSRN Journal

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How significant of a factor is race in minority candidate evaluation? I present theory of race and minority candidate evaluation which argues that candidate race acts as an informational heuristic that affects perceptions of a candidate's ideological leaning and competence but that this effect is dependent on contextual factors, including the racial group and candidate partisanship. Using the 2010 and 2012 Cooperative Congressional Elections Study, I provide an observational look at Latino and Asian candidates in addition to black candidates for the first time, as well as minority candidates of both partisan stripes. I examine voter perceptions about candidates that might drive their vote choice, namely ideological assessments and competence assessments. I find that white voters are less likely to support Latino and black Democrats because they are viewed as less competent and more ideologically extreme. I find that Asian candidates and minority Republicans are largely unaffected by these biases.

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Section: For Whom Does Race Matter?mentioning

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When Does Race Matter? Exploring White Responses to Minority Congressional Candidates

Visalvanich

2015

SSRN Journal

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“…Several studies examine measures of relationships between endorsements and voting that are not immediately translated into the e®ect of an endorsement on voting. Bullock (1984)¯nds a large e®ect of the Atlanta Constitution's endorsements on racial cross-over voting. Lieske (1989) shows substantial and signi¯cant e®ects on vote totals of candidates.…”

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The Orientation of Newspaper Endorsements in U.S. Elections, 1940--2002

Ansolabehere

2006

QJPS

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“…The longer a black mayor serves, the greater the impact on white attitudes. Others have shown increased white willingness to vote for African Americans seeking reelection than for black non-incumbents (Bullock 1984;Liu and Vanderleeuw 1999). Obama did not have the advantage of seeking reelection to the presidency and therefore he is expected to get fewer white votes than Democratic incumbents.…”

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Barack Obama and the South

Bullock¹

2010

ARP

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Despite a tradition of racism, the South contributed to Barack Obama’s election as President. Obama won more electors than any Democratic nominee since 1976 although he did not carry the region. Obama’s mixed performance has spawned conflicting interpretations concerning the presence of racism among the region’s whites. Evidence of discrimination is at most mixed. Obama performed less well than Kerry among whites in states that have experienced less growth but elsewhere equaled or exceeded Kerry’s 2004 performance. When compared with statewide Democratic candidates, Obama attracted less of the white vote than went to winners but exceeded the performance of losers. Two other possible manifestations of a racist reaction to Obama in the South also failed to materialize. Across the region there was no Bradley effect nor was there a substantial mobilization among white voters.

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Racial Crossover Voting and the Election of Black Officials

Cited by 64 publications

References 9 publications

When Does Race Matter? Exploring White Responses to Minority Congressional Candidates

When Does Race Matter? Exploring White Responses to Minority Congressional Candidates

The Orientation of Newspaper Endorsements in U.S. Elections, 1940--2002

Barack Obama and the South

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