Marisa A Abrajano
Biographic Data
| ID | 3717675 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marisa A Abrajano |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marisa A |
| FAMILY NAME | Abrajano |
| SIGNATURE | ABRAJANO M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California San Diego |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 205 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Labels vs. Pictures: Treatment-Mode Effects in Experiments About Discrimination
Does treatment mode matter in studies of the effects of candidate race or ethnicity on voting decisions? The assumption implicit in most such work is that such treatment mode differences are either small and/or theoretically well understood, so that the choice of how to signal the race of a candidate is largely one of convenience. But this assumption remains untested. Using a nationally representative sample of white voting-age citizens and a mod…
Introduction to Mini-Symposium on New and Emerging Research on Latino Politics
Life-cycle effects on social pressure to vote
Hispanic Public Opinion and Partisanship in America
MARISA A. ABRAJANO is an associate professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego. She is the author of Campaigning to the New American Electorate: Advertising to Latino Voters and various articles on the intersection of race, ethnicity and politics in leading journals. R. MICHAEL ALVAREZ is professor of political science at the California Institute of Technology. He is the coauthor of Electronic Elections and Hard Choi…
Agenda Setting, Public Opinion, and the Issue of Immigration Reform
Objective. Agenda-setting theory is used to motivate hypotheses about how media coverage of immigration influences public perceptions of its importance. The authors seek to offer a more complete explanation of public opinion on immigration by exploring differences in the effects of immigration news in border and nonborder states. Method. This article employs content analyses of newspaper coverage of immigration and Gallup public opinion data over…
Assessing the Causes and Effects of Political Trust Among U.S. Latinos
This article examines why Latinos are more trusting of the federal government than Anglos and Blacks. We address this puzzle by turning to previous research on racial politics and political trust. Consistent with previous research, discrimination and generational status are important predictors of Latinos’ political trust, with first-generation Latinos more trusting than later-generation Latinos. Encounters with racial discrimination also make La…
Get Me to the Polls on Time: Coethnic Mobilization and Latino Turnout
Until recently, Latinos were nearly invisible on the national political scene, garnering little attention from political parties, candidates, and scholars alike. Much has changed in the last several decades, and Latinos are now the largest minority group in the country, making up more than 12 percent of the U.S. population. With a steady stream of immigrants from Mexico and Latin America, the proportion of Latinos is expected to more than double …
The Hispanic Vote in the 2004 Presidential Election: Insecurity and Moral Concerns
This paper examines Hispanic voting behavior in the 2004 Presidential election. Our research makes a significant \ncontribution to the literature on Hispanic politics, as this is the first study to apply theories of issue and economic \nvoting to a nationwide sample of Hispanic voters. We demonstrate that, similar to Anglos, issues and ideology were \nhighly influential in the vote choice of Hispanics in the 2004 election. However, using the best…
Who Evaluates a Presidential Candidate by Using Non-Policy Campaign Messages
A Natural Experiment of Race-Based and Issue Voting: The 2001 City of Los Angeles Elections
A Natural Experiment of Race-Based and Issue Voting: The 2001 City of Los Angeles Elections
The theory of racially polarized voting suggests that race is a primary determinant of vote choice in elections where a minority candidate is pitted against a white candidate. The spatial model of voting suggests that voters consider the issue positions of candidates and choose the candidate closest to their own positions. The unique context of the 2001 Los Angeles city election allows us to test these two theories. In each of two races in this e…
Who Evaluates a Presidential Candidate by Using Non-Policy Campaign Messages
This article tests the hypothesis that low-education voters are more likely to evaluate a candidate using personalistic or non-policy campaign messages than are more educated voters. The Latino electorate in the U.S. presents an ideal case study, given that both Presidential candidates in the 2000 election directed personalistic campaign messages toward them. Latinos with low-levels of education should be the most likely to evaluate a candidate u…
Agenda Setting, Public Opinion, and the Issue of Immigration Reform
Objective. Agenda-setting theory is used to motivate hypotheses about how media coverage of immigration influences public perceptions of its importance. The authors seek to offer a more complete explanation of public opinion on immigration by exploring differences in the effects of immigration news in border and nonborder states. Method. This article employs content analyses of newspaper coverage of immigration and Gallup public opinion data over…
A Natural Experiment of Race-Based and Issue Voting: The 2001 City of Los Angeles Elections
The theory of racially polarized voting suggests that race is a primary determinant of vote choice in elections where a minority candidate is pitted against a white candidate. The spatial model of voting suggests that voters consider the issue positions of candidates and choose the candidate closest to their own positions. The unique context of the 2001 Los Angeles city election allows us to test these two theories. In each of two races in this e…
The Hispanic Vote in the 2004 Presidential Election: Insecurity and Moral Concerns
This paper examines Hispanic voting behavior in the 2004 Presidential election. Our research makes a significant \ncontribution to the literature on Hispanic politics, as this is the first study to apply theories of issue and economic \nvoting to a nationwide sample of Hispanic voters. We demonstrate that, similar to Anglos, issues and ideology were \nhighly influential in the vote choice of Hispanics in the 2004 election. However, using the best…
Assessing the Causes and Effects of Political Trust Among U.S. Latinos
This article examines why Latinos are more trusting of the federal government than Anglos and Blacks. We address this puzzle by turning to previous research on racial politics and political trust. Consistent with previous research, discrimination and generational status are important predictors of Latinos’ political trust, with first-generation Latinos more trusting than later-generation Latinos. Encounters with racial discrimination also make La…
Labels vs. Pictures: Treatment-Mode Effects in Experiments About Discrimination
Does treatment mode matter in studies of the effects of candidate race or ethnicity on voting decisions? The assumption implicit in most such work is that such treatment mode differences are either small and/or theoretically well understood, so that the choice of how to signal the race of a candidate is largely one of convenience. But this assumption remains untested. Using a nationally representative sample of white voting-age citizens and a mod…
Who Evaluates a Presidential Candidate by Using Non-Policy Campaign Messages
This article tests the hypothesis that low-education voters are more likely to evaluate a candidate using personalistic or non-policy campaign messages than are more educated voters. The Latino electorate in the U.S. presents an ideal case study, given that both Presidential candidates in the 2000 election directed personalistic campaign messages toward them. Latinos with low-levels of education should be the most likely to evaluate a candidate u…
Hispanic Public Opinion and Partisanship in America
MARISA A. ABRAJANO is an associate professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego. She is the author of Campaigning to the New American Electorate: Advertising to Latino Voters and various articles on the intersection of race, ethnicity and politics in leading journals. R. MICHAEL ALVAREZ is professor of political science at the California Institute of Technology. He is the coauthor of Electronic Elections and Hard Choi…
Life-cycle effects on social pressure to vote
Who Evaluates a Presidential Candidate by Using Non-Policy Campaign Messages
A Natural Experiment of Race-Based and Issue Voting: The 2001 City of Los Angeles Elections
A Natural Experiment of Race-Based and Issue Voting: The 2001 City of Los Angeles Elections
The theory of racially polarized voting suggests that race is a primary determinant of vote choice in elections where a minority candidate is pitted against a white candidate. The spatial model of voting suggests that voters consider the issue positions of candidates and choose the candidate closest to their own positions. The unique context of the 2001 Los Angeles city election allows us to test these two theories. In each of two races in this e…
Who Evaluates a Presidential Candidate by Using Non-Policy Campaign Messages
This article tests the hypothesis that low-education voters are more likely to evaluate a candidate using personalistic or non-policy campaign messages than are more educated voters. The Latino electorate in the U.S. presents an ideal case study, given that both Presidential candidates in the 2000 election directed personalistic campaign messages toward them. Latinos with low-levels of education should be the most likely to evaluate a candidate u…
Get Me to the Polls on Time: Coethnic Mobilization and Latino Turnout
Until recently, Latinos were nearly invisible on the national political scene, garnering little attention from political parties, candidates, and scholars alike. Much has changed in the last several decades, and Latinos are now the largest minority group in the country, making up more than 12 percent of the U.S. population. With a steady stream of immigrants from Mexico and Latin America, the proportion of Latinos is expected to more than double …
The Hispanic Vote in the 2004 Presidential Election: Insecurity and Moral Concerns
This paper examines Hispanic voting behavior in the 2004 Presidential election. Our research makes a significant \ncontribution to the literature on Hispanic politics, as this is the first study to apply theories of issue and economic \nvoting to a nationwide sample of Hispanic voters. We demonstrate that, similar to Anglos, issues and ideology were \nhighly influential in the vote choice of Hispanics in the 2004 election. However, using the best…
Agenda Setting, Public Opinion, and the Issue of Immigration Reform
Objective. Agenda-setting theory is used to motivate hypotheses about how media coverage of immigration influences public perceptions of its importance. The authors seek to offer a more complete explanation of public opinion on immigration by exploring differences in the effects of immigration news in border and nonborder states. Method. This article employs content analyses of newspaper coverage of immigration and Gallup public opinion data over…
Assessing the Causes and Effects of Political Trust Among U.S. Latinos
This article examines why Latinos are more trusting of the federal government than Anglos and Blacks. We address this puzzle by turning to previous research on racial politics and political trust. Consistent with previous research, discrimination and generational status are important predictors of Latinos’ political trust, with first-generation Latinos more trusting than later-generation Latinos. Encounters with racial discrimination also make La…
Hispanic Public Opinion and Partisanship in America
MARISA A. ABRAJANO is an associate professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego. She is the author of Campaigning to the New American Electorate: Advertising to Latino Voters and various articles on the intersection of race, ethnicity and politics in leading journals. R. MICHAEL ALVAREZ is professor of political science at the California Institute of Technology. He is the coauthor of Electronic Elections and Hard Choi…
Introduction to Mini-Symposium on New and Emerging Research on Latino Politics
Life-cycle effects on social pressure to vote
Labels vs. Pictures: Treatment-Mode Effects in Experiments About Discrimination
Does treatment mode matter in studies of the effects of candidate race or ethnicity on voting decisions? The assumption implicit in most such work is that such treatment mode differences are either small and/or theoretically well understood, so that the choice of how to signal the race of a candidate is largely one of convenience. But this assumption remains untested. Using a nationally representative sample of white voting-age citizens and a mod…
Political science (12 works) · Politics (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Voting (6 works) · Ethnic group (5 works) · Social Media and Politics (5 works) · Economics (4 works)