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All in the eyes of the beholder : = Race and electoral politics.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	All in the eyes of the beholder :/
其他題名:	Race and electoral politics.
作者:	Sullivan, Jas M.
面頁冊數:	1 online resource (526 pages)
附註:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 67-02, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International67-02A.
標題:	Political science. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3167799click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9780542066375

All in the eyes of the beholder : = Race and electoral politics.
Sullivan, Jas M.

All in the eyes of the beholder :Race and electoral politics. - 1 online resource (526 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 67-02, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references

While there has been an increase in black elected officials in the United States, they are, for the most part, elected from areas that have high concentration of blacks. The reality is that when blacks seek political office outside of majority black and majority-minority (black plus Latino) districts, they persistently fail. Often, an explanation for this failure is due to racial stereotyping of black candidates by white voters which leads them to vote against black candidates for legislative offices. What then explains the victory of a handful of black elected officials who have won outside of majority black and majority-minority districts? Presently, knowledge of why voters sometimes vote along racial lines and sometimes cross over to support a candidate from a different racial group is deficient. Consequently, this investigation focuses on the following question: under what conditions are white voters more likely to support a black candidate for legislative office? The findings suggest that the root cause of the lack of black electoral success may be due to two reasons: first, the electorate's use of racial heuristic, in the absence of political information; and second, due to similarity attraction (i.e., a Republican respondent is more likely to support a Republican candidate over a Democratic candidate). In the light of these findings, the root cause of the lack of black electoral success may be due to race in situations when individuals use race as a heuristic as a substitute for political information; however it may also be due to the fact that people simply support others who personify them. Therefore, claiming that it's the race of the candidate that prevents blacks from winning elections is only partly accurate. What this means for electoral representation is that, on the basis of the findings, black candidates must effectively convey information about their party and ideology, form multi-racial coalitions, discuss their positions on a variety of issues of interest to the whole community rather than just race-related issues.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2023

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780542066375Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Political science.
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