Voting for one’s own: racial group identification and candidate preferences

Goodyear-Grant, Elizabeth; Tolley, Erin

doi:10.1080/21565503.2017.1338970

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“…Without dismissing the importance of the AFN's call to vote and related social media campaigns, we hypothesized that one factor motivating Indigenous individuals to vote was the slate of candidates and that higher voter turnout in a number of Indigenous communities would be linked to a higher proportion of Indigenous candidates. This idea is consistent with the literature on affinity voting (Besco, 2015;Bird et al, 2011;Goodyear-Grant and Tolley, 2017), which suggests that historically disadvantaged groups are more likely to vote when there is a candidate with which they can identify. Based on the affinity voting model, we also tested the hypothesis that political parties who present an Indigenous candidate would receive more votes in constituencies with a high proportion of Indigenous voters.…”

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“…They also tend to vote predominantly for candidates from their own community or group (Bird et al, 2011). This pattern is defined as ‘in-group’ or ‘affinity’ voting (Goodyear-Grant and Tolley, 2017). While not as prominent for women (Dolan, 1998; Dolan, 2014), evidence of affinity voting is particularly strong for ethno-cultural groups that are victims of stigmatization (Besco, 2015; Bird et al, 2011).…”

Section: Indigenous Peoples and The Franchise: An Ambiguous Legacymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For some, it could be explained by the perception that a candidate from the same group increases the likelihood that the candidate “will keep his/her political promises to members of their own ethnic community and, because of the lower costs of communicating with a candidate of one's own community, more effective representation of the community's interests in the parliament will likely result” (Landa and Copeland, 1995: 436). However, recent research suggests that somewhat less instrumental factors, including the simple fact of identifying with a candidate, explains affinity voting (Goodyear-Grant and Tolley, 2017). The literature on affinity voting also suggests that minority groups sometimes (but not always) coalesce around certain political parties, the latter “capturing” their vote because of their strong ties with that community (Megyery, 1991: 221–47).…”

Section: Indigenous Peoples and The Franchise: An Ambiguous Legacymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Indigenous Peoples and Affinity Voting in Canada

2018

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Studies interested in Indigenous voting in Canada tend to focus on socio-economic, cultural and political factors that explain their lower levels of electoral participation. While highly relevant given Canada's ongoing reality as a settler-colonial state, these studies are of limited help in making sense of recent increases in electoral engagement in Indigenous communities across the country. Using data from four elections between 2006 and 2015, this study focuses instead on why some Indigenous individuals vote and how they vote. Our analysis suggests that one of many possible reasons for the recent surge in Indigenous turnout has to do with the candidates presenting themselves for elections. Higher voter turnout in Indigenous communities corresponds with a higher proportion of Indigenous candidates. This trend is consistent with the literature on affinity voting. We also find that political parties who present an Indigenous candidate receive more votes in constituencies with a high proportion of Indigenous voters.

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Section: Indigenous Peoples and The Franchise: An Ambiguous Legacymentioning

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Indigenous Peoples and Affinity Voting in Canada

2018

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“…Candidate-voter affinity may also result in greater support for lesbian or gay candidate by respondents who are themselves sexual minorities. There is significant evidence that affinity voting occurs among women (Goodyear-Grant, 2010;Goodyear-Grant and Crosskil, 2011;Goodyear-Grant and Tolley, 2017), ethno-cultural groups (Bird, 2009;Bird, 2011;Bird et al, 2011;Besco, 2015;Bird et al, 2016;Besco, 2019), and Indigenous populations (Dabin et al, 2019) and it makes sense that it occurs among the LGBTQ population.…”

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Public Attitudes and Private Prejudices: Assessing Voters’ Willingness to Vote for Out Lesbian and Gay Candidates

Everitt

Horváth

2021

Front. Polit. Sci.

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Our study concerns the factors leading to the electoral success and failure of LGBTQ candidates in the context of the changing nature of prejudices. We hypothesize that more positive views toward “respectability candidates,” as captured by familial status, has replaced explicit prejudice toward out LGBTQ candidates in societies where acceptance of sexual minorities in general has grown. In a survey experiment conducted with a sample of Canadian voters, one of the first countries to legalize marriage equality, we find suggestions that voters are more likely to reward lesbian and gay candidates who adopt heteronormative relationships (married with children vs. single) than those who do not. These patterns become more evident when we explore causal heterogeneity with controls for individual-level characteristics and attitudes that typically predict support toward lesbian and gay candidates. Here we find these predictors rewarded single lesbian and gay candidates, whereas lesbian and gay candidates with families were simply more supported across the board.

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“…In addition to our expectations about candidate messaging and strategy in 2020, we anticipate that the year of the Black women candidates may shape voter behavior––particularly among Black voters. Research has found that shared identity often shapes voter attitudes among racial and ethnic minorities, including Black voters (see Goodyear-Grant and Tolley, 2019 for a discussion of this literature). Philpot and Walton (2007) demonstrate that Black women are often the strongest supporters of Black women candidates.…”

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“Glass half full: cautious optimism and the future of Black women political elites in America”

Brown

Gershon

2020

J. Race Ethnicity Politics

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In this essay, we place Black women's electoral challenges and opportunities in context. We situate this year of “Black Women Candidates” as an anomaly, but one that has been a long in the making. We also point to the appeal of Black women lawmakers among voters to mirror Alberder Gillespie's claims in this epigraph. We note that Black women have long been the backbone of the Democratic Party and are willing to use their clout for their own political means. Furthermore, given the unique ways that Black women represent their constituents, an influx of Black women into governing bodies may have a substantial, lasting impact on policy-making. We conclude with insights from our own research and that of other scholars on Black women to demonstrate future avenues of scholarly research.

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Voting for one’s own: racial group identification and candidate preferences

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References 34 publications

Indigenous Peoples and Affinity Voting in Canada

Indigenous Peoples and Affinity Voting in Canada

Public Attitudes and Private Prejudices: Assessing Voters’ Willingness to Vote for Out Lesbian and Gay Candidates

“Glass half full: cautious optimism and the future of Black women political elites in America”

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