M Mangum
Biographic Data
| ID | 11860 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Mangum |
| GIVEN NAMES | M |
| FAMILY NAME | Mangum |
| SIGNATURE | MANGUM M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas Southern University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0633-934X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 102 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Populism and Psychological Involvement in the 2020 US Presidential Election
In recent election cycles, especially during the 2020 US presidential election cycle, individuals displayed a renewed and heightened sense of civic, social, and political involvement. Voter turnout was high in the 2020 presidential election, the highest for any other presidential election since 1900. I submit that the psychological influences of populism and psychological involvement foster this high turnout. Using the 2020 American National Elec…
Collaborating on Research with Undergraduate Students: A Comparative Institutional-Racial Analysis
This article describes my experiences in collaborating with undergraduate students on research projects, including published works in peer-reviewed outlets. The article discusses the courses and assignments that engendered the collaborations and compares the institutions and students. By describing several significant similarities and differences, I compare and contrast white students in The Midwest at Predominantly White Institutions with Africa…
Perceived racial discrimination, racial resentment, and support for affirmative action and preferential hiring and promotion: A multi-racial analysis
This article explains why some Americans support affirmative action and preferential hiring and promotion while others do not. Unlike most studies that examine White opinions exclusively, we explore the determinants of opinions by Whites, African Americans, Hispanics, and Asian Americans. We find that a majority of Americans draw a distinction between affirmative action and preferential hiring and promotion, with African Americans diverging notic…
Entitlement and Perceived Racial Discrimination: The Missing Links to White Opinions Toward Affirmative Action and Preferential Hiring and Promotion
This article seeks to explain why some White Americans support affirmative action while others do not. Much of what has been written on White opinions on affirmative action is from an oppositional lens. This analysis seeks to add balance to the ways political science understands White opinions toward affirmative action. In so doing, this study identifies correlates of support for affirmative action not just rationales for opposition. Unlike most …
Revisiting economic threat and cultural concerns: Public opinion toward immigration and non-citizens by race
Testing the Influence of Social Capital on Support for the Death Penalty
Social Identity Theory and Public Opinion towards Immigration
Several scholars have called upon social identity theory to investigate the relationship between an American national identity and American public opinion on immigration. Lacking a uniform measure of American identity, by and large, scholars find that a two-dimensional conception of American identity influences these opinions. Our review suggests that the extant measures of American identity do not fully account for the various aspects of social …
The Racial Underpinnings of Party Identification and Political Ideology
Objective The racial issue evolution theory has shaped our understanding of U . S . party politics since 1964. However, some scholars disagree that racial issues are the chief factors. Others argue that social identities are the key to understanding U . S . party politics. Methods Using logistic regression, this analysis addresses this controversy and joins the debate with a different test of the social identity theory. Results It demonstrates th…
Party competence perceptions and the party identification of African Americans
This research examines the effects of party competence perceptions on African–Americans’ party identification. Using ordinary least squares regression to analyse data taken from the 1996 National Black Election Study, I regress African–Americans’ party identification and feeling thermometers for Democrats and Republicans on items that measure African–American assessments of the political parties’ ability to handle certain issues. The results indi…
Explaining political trust among African Americans: Examining demographic, media, and social capital and social networks effects
African Americans routinely have lower levels of political trust compared with whites. Explanations of their political trust remain rather unexamined. Using data taken from the 1996 National Black Election Study, this analysis examines three models to test how demographic characteristics, the media, and social capital and social networks influence political trust among African Americans. The results show modest support for the models. However, so…
The Ties That Unbind: Exploring the Contradictory Effects of Religious Guidance and Church Attendance on Black Partisanship
The goal of this scholarship is to uncover the nature of the relationship between religious guidance and church attendance and Black partisanship. Using the 1996 National Black Election Study, the author examines the effects of these very important Black politics variables on partisanship. The results of the ordinary least squares and logistic regressions indicate that religious guidance encourages Blacks to identify themselves as Democrats, but …
Testing Competing Explanations of Black Opinions on Affirmative Action
Using the 1996 National Black Election Study, I estimate black opinions of affirmative action by developing models that capture the effects of self‐interest, group consciousness, reference groups, and social justice. The method I used is ordered logit. An examination of the data show that, unlike many studies that examine the effects of self‐interest on public opinion, I find that self‐interest matters. I also find that black individuals also sup…
Examining the Association Between Church and the Party Identification of Black Americans
The goal of this article is to examine the association between church attendance and the party identification of black Americans. Using ordinary least squares and logistic regression to analyze data taken from the 1996 National Black Election Study, I find that church attendance has dual effects for determining the party identification of blacks. On one hand, church attendance encourages blacks to be Republican. On the other hand, attending votin…
Race, Political Empowerment, and Constituency Service: Descriptive Representation and the Hiring of African-American Congressional Staff
Do democratic legislators, African-American legislators, and/or legislators from black-majority districts hire a higher proportion of district staff that are African-American? Legal experts and policymakers are engaged in discussions over the efficacy of districts with significant African-American populations in the wake of the extension of portions of the Voting Rights Act. With the Act's extension, critics have planned to file suit against dist…
Race, Political Empowerment, and Constituency Service: Descriptive Representation and the Hiring of African-American Congressional Staff
Do democratic legislators, African-American legislators, and/or legislators from black-majority districts hire a higher proportion of district staff that are African-American? Legal experts and policymakers are engaged in discussions over the efficacy of districts with significant African-American populations in the wake of the extension of portions of the Voting Rights Act. With the Act's extension, critics have planned to file suit against dist…
Social Identity Theory and Public Opinion towards Immigration
Several scholars have called upon social identity theory to investigate the relationship between an American national identity and American public opinion on immigration. Lacking a uniform measure of American identity, by and large, scholars find that a two-dimensional conception of American identity influences these opinions. Our review suggests that the extant measures of American identity do not fully account for the various aspects of social …
Testing Competing Explanations of Black Opinions on Affirmative Action
Using the 1996 National Black Election Study, I estimate black opinions of affirmative action by developing models that capture the effects of self‐interest, group consciousness, reference groups, and social justice. The method I used is ordered logit. An examination of the data show that, unlike many studies that examine the effects of self‐interest on public opinion, I find that self‐interest matters. I also find that black individuals also sup…
Perceived racial discrimination, racial resentment, and support for affirmative action and preferential hiring and promotion: A multi-racial analysis
This article explains why some Americans support affirmative action and preferential hiring and promotion while others do not. Unlike most studies that examine White opinions exclusively, we explore the determinants of opinions by Whites, African Americans, Hispanics, and Asian Americans. We find that a majority of Americans draw a distinction between affirmative action and preferential hiring and promotion, with African Americans diverging notic…
The Racial Underpinnings of Party Identification and Political Ideology
Objective The racial issue evolution theory has shaped our understanding of U . S . party politics since 1964. However, some scholars disagree that racial issues are the chief factors. Others argue that social identities are the key to understanding U . S . party politics. Methods Using logistic regression, this analysis addresses this controversy and joins the debate with a different test of the social identity theory. Results It demonstrates th…
Revisiting economic threat and cultural concerns: Public opinion toward immigration and non-citizens by race
Explaining political trust among African Americans: Examining demographic, media, and social capital and social networks effects
African Americans routinely have lower levels of political trust compared with whites. Explanations of their political trust remain rather unexamined. Using data taken from the 1996 National Black Election Study, this analysis examines three models to test how demographic characteristics, the media, and social capital and social networks influence political trust among African Americans. The results show modest support for the models. However, so…
Entitlement and Perceived Racial Discrimination: The Missing Links to White Opinions Toward Affirmative Action and Preferential Hiring and Promotion
This article seeks to explain why some White Americans support affirmative action while others do not. Much of what has been written on White opinions on affirmative action is from an oppositional lens. This analysis seeks to add balance to the ways political science understands White opinions toward affirmative action. In so doing, this study identifies correlates of support for affirmative action not just rationales for opposition. Unlike most …
Party competence perceptions and the party identification of African Americans
This research examines the effects of party competence perceptions on African–Americans’ party identification. Using ordinary least squares regression to analyse data taken from the 1996 National Black Election Study, I regress African–Americans’ party identification and feeling thermometers for Democrats and Republicans on items that measure African–American assessments of the political parties’ ability to handle certain issues. The results indi…
Examining the Association Between Church and the Party Identification of Black Americans
The goal of this article is to examine the association between church attendance and the party identification of black Americans. Using ordinary least squares and logistic regression to analyze data taken from the 1996 National Black Election Study, I find that church attendance has dual effects for determining the party identification of blacks. On one hand, church attendance encourages blacks to be Republican. On the other hand, attending votin…
Race, Political Empowerment, and Constituency Service: Descriptive Representation and the Hiring of African-American Congressional Staff
Do democratic legislators, African-American legislators, and/or legislators from black-majority districts hire a higher proportion of district staff that are African-American? Legal experts and policymakers are engaged in discussions over the efficacy of districts with significant African-American populations in the wake of the extension of portions of the Voting Rights Act. With the Act's extension, critics have planned to file suit against dist…
The Ties That Unbind: Exploring the Contradictory Effects of Religious Guidance and Church Attendance on Black Partisanship
The goal of this scholarship is to uncover the nature of the relationship between religious guidance and church attendance and Black partisanship. Using the 1996 National Black Election Study, the author examines the effects of these very important Black politics variables on partisanship. The results of the ordinary least squares and logistic regressions indicate that religious guidance encourages Blacks to identify themselves as Democrats, but …
Testing Competing Explanations of Black Opinions on Affirmative Action
Using the 1996 National Black Election Study, I estimate black opinions of affirmative action by developing models that capture the effects of self‐interest, group consciousness, reference groups, and social justice. The method I used is ordered logit. An examination of the data show that, unlike many studies that examine the effects of self‐interest on public opinion, I find that self‐interest matters. I also find that black individuals also sup…
Examining the Association Between Church and the Party Identification of Black Americans
The goal of this article is to examine the association between church attendance and the party identification of black Americans. Using ordinary least squares and logistic regression to analyze data taken from the 1996 National Black Election Study, I find that church attendance has dual effects for determining the party identification of blacks. On one hand, church attendance encourages blacks to be Republican. On the other hand, attending votin…
Explaining political trust among African Americans: Examining demographic, media, and social capital and social networks effects
African Americans routinely have lower levels of political trust compared with whites. Explanations of their political trust remain rather unexamined. Using data taken from the 1996 National Black Election Study, this analysis examines three models to test how demographic characteristics, the media, and social capital and social networks influence political trust among African Americans. The results show modest support for the models. However, so…
Party competence perceptions and the party identification of African Americans
This research examines the effects of party competence perceptions on African–Americans’ party identification. Using ordinary least squares regression to analyse data taken from the 1996 National Black Election Study, I regress African–Americans’ party identification and feeling thermometers for Democrats and Republicans on items that measure African–American assessments of the political parties’ ability to handle certain issues. The results indi…
The Racial Underpinnings of Party Identification and Political Ideology
Objective The racial issue evolution theory has shaped our understanding of U . S . party politics since 1964. However, some scholars disagree that racial issues are the chief factors. Others argue that social identities are the key to understanding U . S . party politics. Methods Using logistic regression, this analysis addresses this controversy and joins the debate with a different test of the social identity theory. Results It demonstrates th…
Social Identity Theory and Public Opinion towards Immigration
Several scholars have called upon social identity theory to investigate the relationship between an American national identity and American public opinion on immigration. Lacking a uniform measure of American identity, by and large, scholars find that a two-dimensional conception of American identity influences these opinions. Our review suggests that the extant measures of American identity do not fully account for the various aspects of social …
Entitlement and Perceived Racial Discrimination: The Missing Links to White Opinions Toward Affirmative Action and Preferential Hiring and Promotion
This article seeks to explain why some White Americans support affirmative action while others do not. Much of what has been written on White opinions on affirmative action is from an oppositional lens. This analysis seeks to add balance to the ways political science understands White opinions toward affirmative action. In so doing, this study identifies correlates of support for affirmative action not just rationales for opposition. Unlike most …
Revisiting economic threat and cultural concerns: Public opinion toward immigration and non-citizens by race
Testing the Influence of Social Capital on Support for the Death Penalty
Perceived racial discrimination, racial resentment, and support for affirmative action and preferential hiring and promotion: A multi-racial analysis
This article explains why some Americans support affirmative action and preferential hiring and promotion while others do not. Unlike most studies that examine White opinions exclusively, we explore the determinants of opinions by Whites, African Americans, Hispanics, and Asian Americans. We find that a majority of Americans draw a distinction between affirmative action and preferential hiring and promotion, with African Americans diverging notic…
Collaborating on Research with Undergraduate Students: A Comparative Institutional-Racial Analysis
This article describes my experiences in collaborating with undergraduate students on research projects, including published works in peer-reviewed outlets. The article discusses the courses and assignments that engendered the collaborations and compares the institutions and students. By describing several significant similarities and differences, I compare and contrast white students in The Midwest at Predominantly White Institutions with Africa…
Populism and Psychological Involvement in the 2020 US Presidential Election
In recent election cycles, especially during the 2020 US presidential election cycle, individuals displayed a renewed and heightened sense of civic, social, and political involvement. Voter turnout was high in the 2020 presidential election, the highest for any other presidential election since 1900. I submit that the psychological influences of populism and psychological involvement foster this high turnout. Using the 2020 American National Elec…
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