Robert R Preuhs
Biographic Data
| ID | 3702202 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert R Preuhs |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert R |
| FAMILY NAME | Preuhs |
| SIGNATURE | PREUHS R R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Metropolitan State University of Denver |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3050-7876 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 501 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
State Racial/Ethnic Context and Partisan-Ideological Sorting
What role does racial/ethnic diversity in the American states play in racialized partisan and partisan-ideological sorting? We expand the commonly employed empirical frame of Whites’ partisan and partisan-ideological reactions to minority groups at the national level by leveraging the variation in racial/ethnic populations in the American states and accounting for both out-group and in-group size across White, Black, Latino, and Asian respondents…
Spanish Vs. English Language Media Consumption and Latino Political Trust and Efficacy
Do Latinos who consume more Spanish language media relative to English language media express greater political trust and efficacy? While research produces increasing evidence that variations in English language media content shape core democratic attitudes like political trust, and that Spanish language media shapes acculturation and issue attitudes among Latinos, research has not explored whether broader linguistic media environments shape atti…
Spanish Language Media Consumption and Latino Civic Engagement
Spanish language media is linked to multiple forms of Latino political mobilization, including protest, naturalization, and voting. However, recent research associates geographic access to Spanish language broadcasts with significantly lower rates of Latino voter participation. We engage this controversy by exploring whether relative consumption of Spanish and English language media shapes rates of civic and voter participation among Latinos usin…
Considering Black, Latino, Asian, and Pacific Islander opinion on foreign policy
Pack Your Politics! Assessing the Vote Choice of Latino Interstate Migrants
While popular narratives regarding the destiny of demographics assume Latino interstate migrants will alter destination state politics as Latinos disperse across the states, no studies directly assess the empirical validity of the underlying assumption of migrant's political preferences. Moreover, established theories of domestic migrant preferences suggest a variety of potential individual-level behaviors that often diverge from the underlying a…
Are these friends also “friends of the court”
Increased social diversity generally, and in the minority legal advocacy group environment specifically, the significance of Supreme Court decisions, and the ability to analyze inter-minority groups' behavior through amicus filings provide an important, unique venue for examining inter-group coalitional activity. With evidence covering 35 years of amicus brief filings by Black, Latino, and Asian advocacy groups, this article demonstrates that: (1…
Black–Latino Relations in U.S. National Politics
Social science research has frequently found conflict between Latinos and African Americans in urban politics and governance, as well as in the groups' attitudes toward one another. Rodney E. Hero and Robert R. Preuhs analyze whether conflict between these two groups is also found in national politics. Based on extensive evidence on the activities of minority advocacy groups in national politics and the behavior of minority members of Congress, t…
Black–Latino relations in US national politics
Relations between blacks and Latinos in American politics have grown more important and complex over time and have become an increasingly relevant question for scholars to consider. While these iss
Oversight
Journal Article Oversight: Representing the Interests of Blacks and Latinos in Congress Get access Oversight: Representing the Interests of Blacks and Latinos in Congress by Michael D. Minta. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 2011. 192 pp. Paper, $24.95. Robert R. Preuhs Robert R. Preuhs Metropolitan State University of Denver Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 128…
Irreplaceable Legislators? Rethinking Minority Representatives in the New Century
We use state legislator ideology estimates (standardized W‐nominate values) to examine whether Latino and African American legislator ideological differences can be explained away by traditional constituency characteristics like partisanship and demographics. We find instead that both Black and Latino legislators are unique “types.” Our evidence supports the theoretical presumption that there is a minority dimension to legislative voting and that…
Latino U.S. State Legislators in the 1990s
The creation of racial/ethnic majority-minority districts lies at the heart of debates regarding the utility of descriptive representation for minority policy advocacy. The general puzzle that emerges from these debates, however, rests on the possibility that by electing representatives who are policy outsiders, minority interests would exert little influence in the policy decisions of median-dominated institutions. The authors present a model th…
A Different Kind of Representation
Most scholarship on minority descriptive representation focuses on whether minority legislators are “more” supportive of minority concerns than white legislators but does not address how descriptive representatives differ in the use of decision-making cues when advocating for minority interests. Drawing on data from four Congresses and comparing two sets of minority group representatives with their white counterparts and each other, the authors s…
Black-Latino Political Relationships
Political relations between racial/ethnic groups in America have (a) been commonly examined in terms of the degree of “cooperation” or “conflict” and (b) have most frequently been studied in the arena of urban politics; this has been especially so in the case of Hispanics/Latinos and African Americans. This article represents the first effort to pose and to systematically assess the question of inter—minority group relations in Congress by examin…
Collateral Consequences of a Collateral Penalty
Objective. Felon disenfranchisement (FD) policies are said to not only prohibit (ex)felons from voting, but also reduce the political influence of particular groups that are most affected by FD laws. This study tests several hypotheses regarding the role of socialization on individual‐level political participation to examine the claims that nonfelons' probability of voting is reduced by strict FD laws. Methods. The study uses multilevel modeling …
Beyond (the Scope of) Conflict
We examine activities of and between minority advocacy groups in the U.S., particularly similarities and differences in positions of Blacks and Latinos in their efforts to influence national-level policies. Findings highlight several points. Analysis of Congressional scorecard data indicates only modest overlap among the issues identified by the minority advocacy groups, though there is complete “congruence” on the issues that are identified by b…
Immigration and the Evolving American Welfare State
The inclusion of racial/ethnic minorities is often considered an important factor leading to a relatively limited American welfare system. However, given the federal nature of welfare eligibility rules and the states' role in determining benefit levels, few studies explicitly link questions of inclusion and benefit levels when explaining the evolution of American welfare policy. This study examines the relationship between inclusion and benefit l…
Descriptive Representation as a Mechanism to Mitigate Policy Backlash
While the election of racial/ethnic minority lawmakers has diversified American legislative institutions, scholars continue to find evidence of racial backlash in public policy decisions. This seems to undermine the Madisonian conception of the ability of minority interests to offset majoritarian resentment through representation and raises the question, Can minority group representatives influence policy decisions in majoritarian institutions? U…
The Conditional Effects of Minority Descriptive Representation
Despite a substantial increase in the number of racial and ethnic minority lawmakers across the United States, scholars have been unable to demonstrate that diversification of representative bodies increases minority group influence over policy decisions outside of small local governing boards. These null findings, however, are primarily due to underspecified empirical designs that do not account for the conditioning effects of racialized politic…
From Civil Rights to Multiculturalism and Welfare for Immigrants
A succession of policies aimed at inclusion and accommodation of racial and ethnic groups in the United States is tied together by scholars who assert that the last forty years witnessed a broad “Minority Rights Revolution.” Nevertheless, subnational policies addressing racial, ethnic, and cultural minorities vary greatly and hardly resemble a uniform orientation; this variation provides compelling reasons as well as an analytical opportunity to …
Descriptive Representation, Legislative Leadership, and Direct Democracy
How does minority racial and ethnic descriptive representation exert policy influence in majoritarian representative institutions? And how do nonrepresentative majoritarian institutions, such as the citizen initiative, affect the degree of this influence? I use an event history analysis of state adoption of English Only laws from 1984 to 2002 to test a model of minority policy influence that is exerted through the possession of state legislative …
Satisfied? Institutional Determinants of Citizen Evaluations of Democracy
Based on theories about party and electoral systems provided by Downs (1957), Anderson and Guillory (1997), and Duverger (1984), we examine the relationship between citizen satisfaction with democracy and the institutional context in which democratic participation takes place. Using a multi‐level design that controls for both institutional‐level and individual‐level differences, we find that as the number of political parties increases, citizen s…
Graduate Students Mentoring Graduate Students
In the spring of 2000, the department of political science at the University of Colorado received a Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) grant through the American Political Science Association. Grant funds were used to sponsor discussions about how best to prepare young political scientists to meet their professional and scholarly responsibilities as members of the discipline (see ). A central theme of a recent PFF meeting at Colorado was the importan…
State Felon Disenfranchisement Policy
Objective . Felon disenfranchisement policies impose restrictions on a felon's right to vote. Since these policies disproportionately affect minority citizens, legal scholars and others argue that felon disenfranchisement is a result of racial politics, aimed primarily at undermining the electoral power of black and Latino citizens. This study evaluates these claims in a rigorous empirical analysis. Methods . The study uses cross‐sectional data o…
Modeling volatility in political time series
State Policy Components of Interstate Migration in the United States
Immigration and the Evolving American Welfare State
The inclusion of racial/ethnic minorities is often considered an important factor leading to a relatively limited American welfare system. However, given the federal nature of welfare eligibility rules and the states' role in determining benefit levels, few studies explicitly link questions of inclusion and benefit levels when explaining the evolution of American welfare policy. This study examines the relationship between inclusion and benefit l…
The Conditional Effects of Minority Descriptive Representation
Despite a substantial increase in the number of racial and ethnic minority lawmakers across the United States, scholars have been unable to demonstrate that diversification of representative bodies increases minority group influence over policy decisions outside of small local governing boards. These null findings, however, are primarily due to underspecified empirical designs that do not account for the conditioning effects of racialized politic…
Descriptive Representation as a Mechanism to Mitigate Policy Backlash
While the election of racial/ethnic minority lawmakers has diversified American legislative institutions, scholars continue to find evidence of racial backlash in public policy decisions. This seems to undermine the Madisonian conception of the ability of minority interests to offset majoritarian resentment through representation and raises the question, Can minority group representatives influence policy decisions in majoritarian institutions? U…
Irreplaceable Legislators? Rethinking Minority Representatives in the New Century
We use state legislator ideology estimates (standardized W‐nominate values) to examine whether Latino and African American legislator ideological differences can be explained away by traditional constituency characteristics like partisanship and demographics. We find instead that both Black and Latino legislators are unique “types.” Our evidence supports the theoretical presumption that there is a minority dimension to legislative voting and that…
Descriptive Representation, Legislative Leadership, and Direct Democracy
How does minority racial and ethnic descriptive representation exert policy influence in majoritarian representative institutions? And how do nonrepresentative majoritarian institutions, such as the citizen initiative, affect the degree of this influence? I use an event history analysis of state adoption of English Only laws from 1984 to 2002 to test a model of minority policy influence that is exerted through the possession of state legislative …
Satisfied? Institutional Determinants of Citizen Evaluations of Democracy
Based on theories about party and electoral systems provided by Downs (1957), Anderson and Guillory (1997), and Duverger (1984), we examine the relationship between citizen satisfaction with democracy and the institutional context in which democratic participation takes place. Using a multi‐level design that controls for both institutional‐level and individual‐level differences, we find that as the number of political parties increases, citizen s…
Latino U.S. State Legislators in the 1990s
The creation of racial/ethnic majority-minority districts lies at the heart of debates regarding the utility of descriptive representation for minority policy advocacy. The general puzzle that emerges from these debates, however, rests on the possibility that by electing representatives who are policy outsiders, minority interests would exert little influence in the policy decisions of median-dominated institutions. The authors present a model th…
Beyond (the Scope of) Conflict
We examine activities of and between minority advocacy groups in the U.S., particularly similarities and differences in positions of Blacks and Latinos in their efforts to influence national-level policies. Findings highlight several points. Analysis of Congressional scorecard data indicates only modest overlap among the issues identified by the minority advocacy groups, though there is complete “congruence” on the issues that are identified by b…
A Different Kind of Representation
Most scholarship on minority descriptive representation focuses on whether minority legislators are “more” supportive of minority concerns than white legislators but does not address how descriptive representatives differ in the use of decision-making cues when advocating for minority interests. Drawing on data from four Congresses and comparing two sets of minority group representatives with their white counterparts and each other, the authors s…
Collateral Consequences of a Collateral Penalty
Objective. Felon disenfranchisement (FD) policies are said to not only prohibit (ex)felons from voting, but also reduce the political influence of particular groups that are most affected by FD laws. This study tests several hypotheses regarding the role of socialization on individual‐level political participation to examine the claims that nonfelons' probability of voting is reduced by strict FD laws. Methods. The study uses multilevel modeling …
State Felon Disenfranchisement Policy
Objective . Felon disenfranchisement policies impose restrictions on a felon's right to vote. Since these policies disproportionately affect minority citizens, legal scholars and others argue that felon disenfranchisement is a result of racial politics, aimed primarily at undermining the electoral power of black and Latino citizens. This study evaluates these claims in a rigorous empirical analysis. Methods . The study uses cross‐sectional data o…
From Civil Rights to Multiculturalism and Welfare for Immigrants
A succession of policies aimed at inclusion and accommodation of racial and ethnic groups in the United States is tied together by scholars who assert that the last forty years witnessed a broad “Minority Rights Revolution.” Nevertheless, subnational policies addressing racial, ethnic, and cultural minorities vary greatly and hardly resemble a uniform orientation; this variation provides compelling reasons as well as an analytical opportunity to …
Black-Latino Political Relationships
Political relations between racial/ethnic groups in America have (a) been commonly examined in terms of the degree of “cooperation” or “conflict” and (b) have most frequently been studied in the arena of urban politics; this has been especially so in the case of Hispanics/Latinos and African Americans. This article represents the first effort to pose and to systematically assess the question of inter—minority group relations in Congress by examin…
Modeling volatility in political time series
State Policy Components of Interstate Migration in the United States
This article examines the effects of state policy on net interstate migration. Using Ordinary Least Squares regression on aggregate cross-sectional data, state policy factors are found to be significant determinants of the net interstate migration levels of the states. In addition, two previously untested variables, state ideology and an investment-consumption ratio, are found to be significant. The analysis indicates that states with low taxatio…
Spanish Vs. English Language Media Consumption and Latino Political Trust and Efficacy
Do Latinos who consume more Spanish language media relative to English language media express greater political trust and efficacy? While research produces increasing evidence that variations in English language media content shape core democratic attitudes like political trust, and that Spanish language media shapes acculturation and issue attitudes among Latinos, research has not explored whether broader linguistic media environments shape atti…
Graduate Students Mentoring Graduate Students
In the spring of 2000, the department of political science at the University of Colorado received a Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) grant through the American Political Science Association. Grant funds were used to sponsor discussions about how best to prepare young political scientists to meet their professional and scholarly responsibilities as members of the discipline (see ). A central theme of a recent PFF meeting at Colorado was the importan…
Are these friends also “friends of the court”
Increased social diversity generally, and in the minority legal advocacy group environment specifically, the significance of Supreme Court decisions, and the ability to analyze inter-minority groups' behavior through amicus filings provide an important, unique venue for examining inter-group coalitional activity. With evidence covering 35 years of amicus brief filings by Black, Latino, and Asian advocacy groups, this article demonstrates that: (1…
Black–Latino relations in US national politics
Relations between blacks and Latinos in American politics have grown more important and complex over time and have become an increasingly relevant question for scholars to consider. While these iss
State Policy Components of Interstate Migration in the United States
State Policy Components of Interstate Migration in the United States
This article examines the effects of state policy on net interstate migration. Using Ordinary Least Squares regression on aggregate cross-sectional data, state policy factors are found to be significant determinants of the net interstate migration levels of the states. In addition, two previously untested variables, state ideology and an investment-consumption ratio, are found to be significant. The analysis indicates that states with low taxatio…
Modeling volatility in political time series
Graduate Students Mentoring Graduate Students
In the spring of 2000, the department of political science at the University of Colorado received a Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) grant through the American Political Science Association. Grant funds were used to sponsor discussions about how best to prepare young political scientists to meet their professional and scholarly responsibilities as members of the discipline (see ). A central theme of a recent PFF meeting at Colorado was the importan…
State Felon Disenfranchisement Policy
Objective . Felon disenfranchisement policies impose restrictions on a felon's right to vote. Since these policies disproportionately affect minority citizens, legal scholars and others argue that felon disenfranchisement is a result of racial politics, aimed primarily at undermining the electoral power of black and Latino citizens. This study evaluates these claims in a rigorous empirical analysis. Methods . The study uses cross‐sectional data o…
Satisfied? Institutional Determinants of Citizen Evaluations of Democracy
Based on theories about party and electoral systems provided by Downs (1957), Anderson and Guillory (1997), and Duverger (1984), we examine the relationship between citizen satisfaction with democracy and the institutional context in which democratic participation takes place. Using a multi‐level design that controls for both institutional‐level and individual‐level differences, we find that as the number of political parties increases, citizen s…
Descriptive Representation, Legislative Leadership, and Direct Democracy
How does minority racial and ethnic descriptive representation exert policy influence in majoritarian representative institutions? And how do nonrepresentative majoritarian institutions, such as the citizen initiative, affect the degree of this influence? I use an event history analysis of state adoption of English Only laws from 1984 to 2002 to test a model of minority policy influence that is exerted through the possession of state legislative …
The Conditional Effects of Minority Descriptive Representation
Despite a substantial increase in the number of racial and ethnic minority lawmakers across the United States, scholars have been unable to demonstrate that diversification of representative bodies increases minority group influence over policy decisions outside of small local governing boards. These null findings, however, are primarily due to underspecified empirical designs that do not account for the conditioning effects of racialized politic…
From Civil Rights to Multiculturalism and Welfare for Immigrants
A succession of policies aimed at inclusion and accommodation of racial and ethnic groups in the United States is tied together by scholars who assert that the last forty years witnessed a broad “Minority Rights Revolution.” Nevertheless, subnational policies addressing racial, ethnic, and cultural minorities vary greatly and hardly resemble a uniform orientation; this variation provides compelling reasons as well as an analytical opportunity to …
Immigration and the Evolving American Welfare State
The inclusion of racial/ethnic minorities is often considered an important factor leading to a relatively limited American welfare system. However, given the federal nature of welfare eligibility rules and the states' role in determining benefit levels, few studies explicitly link questions of inclusion and benefit levels when explaining the evolution of American welfare policy. This study examines the relationship between inclusion and benefit l…
Descriptive Representation as a Mechanism to Mitigate Policy Backlash
While the election of racial/ethnic minority lawmakers has diversified American legislative institutions, scholars continue to find evidence of racial backlash in public policy decisions. This seems to undermine the Madisonian conception of the ability of minority interests to offset majoritarian resentment through representation and raises the question, Can minority group representatives influence policy decisions in majoritarian institutions? U…
Collateral Consequences of a Collateral Penalty
Objective. Felon disenfranchisement (FD) policies are said to not only prohibit (ex)felons from voting, but also reduce the political influence of particular groups that are most affected by FD laws. This study tests several hypotheses regarding the role of socialization on individual‐level political participation to examine the claims that nonfelons' probability of voting is reduced by strict FD laws. Methods. The study uses multilevel modeling …
Beyond (the Scope of) Conflict
We examine activities of and between minority advocacy groups in the U.S., particularly similarities and differences in positions of Blacks and Latinos in their efforts to influence national-level policies. Findings highlight several points. Analysis of Congressional scorecard data indicates only modest overlap among the issues identified by the minority advocacy groups, though there is complete “congruence” on the issues that are identified by b…
Black-Latino Political Relationships
Political relations between racial/ethnic groups in America have (a) been commonly examined in terms of the degree of “cooperation” or “conflict” and (b) have most frequently been studied in the arena of urban politics; this has been especially so in the case of Hispanics/Latinos and African Americans. This article represents the first effort to pose and to systematically assess the question of inter—minority group relations in Congress by examin…
Latino U.S. State Legislators in the 1990s
The creation of racial/ethnic majority-minority districts lies at the heart of debates regarding the utility of descriptive representation for minority policy advocacy. The general puzzle that emerges from these debates, however, rests on the possibility that by electing representatives who are policy outsiders, minority interests would exert little influence in the policy decisions of median-dominated institutions. The authors present a model th…
A Different Kind of Representation
Most scholarship on minority descriptive representation focuses on whether minority legislators are “more” supportive of minority concerns than white legislators but does not address how descriptive representatives differ in the use of decision-making cues when advocating for minority interests. Drawing on data from four Congresses and comparing two sets of minority group representatives with their white counterparts and each other, the authors s…
Irreplaceable Legislators? Rethinking Minority Representatives in the New Century
We use state legislator ideology estimates (standardized W‐nominate values) to examine whether Latino and African American legislator ideological differences can be explained away by traditional constituency characteristics like partisanship and demographics. We find instead that both Black and Latino legislators are unique “types.” Our evidence supports the theoretical presumption that there is a minority dimension to legislative voting and that…
Black–Latino Relations in U.S. National Politics
Social science research has frequently found conflict between Latinos and African Americans in urban politics and governance, as well as in the groups' attitudes toward one another. Rodney E. Hero and Robert R. Preuhs analyze whether conflict between these two groups is also found in national politics. Based on extensive evidence on the activities of minority advocacy groups in national politics and the behavior of minority members of Congress, t…
Black–Latino relations in US national politics
Relations between blacks and Latinos in American politics have grown more important and complex over time and have become an increasingly relevant question for scholars to consider. While these iss
Oversight
Journal Article Oversight: Representing the Interests of Blacks and Latinos in Congress Get access Oversight: Representing the Interests of Blacks and Latinos in Congress by Michael D. Minta. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 2011. 192 pp. Paper, $24.95. Robert R. Preuhs Robert R. Preuhs Metropolitan State University of Denver Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 128…
Are these friends also “friends of the court”
Increased social diversity generally, and in the minority legal advocacy group environment specifically, the significance of Supreme Court decisions, and the ability to analyze inter-minority groups' behavior through amicus filings provide an important, unique venue for examining inter-group coalitional activity. With evidence covering 35 years of amicus brief filings by Black, Latino, and Asian advocacy groups, this article demonstrates that: (1…
Pack Your Politics! Assessing the Vote Choice of Latino Interstate Migrants
While popular narratives regarding the destiny of demographics assume Latino interstate migrants will alter destination state politics as Latinos disperse across the states, no studies directly assess the empirical validity of the underlying assumption of migrant's political preferences. Moreover, established theories of domestic migrant preferences suggest a variety of potential individual-level behaviors that often diverge from the underlying a…
Considering Black, Latino, Asian, and Pacific Islander opinion on foreign policy
Spanish Language Media Consumption and Latino Civic Engagement
Spanish language media is linked to multiple forms of Latino political mobilization, including protest, naturalization, and voting. However, recent research associates geographic access to Spanish language broadcasts with significantly lower rates of Latino voter participation. We engage this controversy by exploring whether relative consumption of Spanish and English language media shapes rates of civic and voter participation among Latinos usin…
Spanish Vs. English Language Media Consumption and Latino Political Trust and Efficacy
Do Latinos who consume more Spanish language media relative to English language media express greater political trust and efficacy? While research produces increasing evidence that variations in English language media content shape core democratic attitudes like political trust, and that Spanish language media shapes acculturation and issue attitudes among Latinos, research has not explored whether broader linguistic media environments shape atti…
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