Racial Attitudes and Partisan Identification in the United States, 1980–1992  

Oleh:

Morales, Dana Ables

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Party Politics vol. 5 no. 2 (Apr. 1999), page 191–198.
Topik: partisanship n race n US elections
Fulltext: 191PP52.pdf (132.48KB)

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According to some scholars, racial issues have transformed US politics by shaping the development of partisan identification among voters who have entered the electorate since 1964. This theory of ‘issue evolution’ argues that the racial attitudes of Democratic and Republican supporters have become increasingly polarized over the last 30 years, and that this transformation can largely be attributed to generational displacement. Others have challenged this conclusion, arguing that the evidence connecting racial attitudes and partisanship is much less conclusive than has been suggested. This research note addresses the controversy from a different angle. Instead of focussing on the direct effects of racial issues on partisanship, it attempts to illustrate how issue positions on social welfare and economics work together as composite indicators of underlying racial attitudes. The extent to which these social opinions are reflections of latent racial feelings is explored using NES data from the years 1980–92 and creating an index of composite racial attitudes. The data ultimately illustrate how issues concerning race have indeed influenced partisan identification during the period studied, although not in the direct manner that was previously assumed.

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