Giovanny D Pleites‐hernandez
Biographic Data
| ID | 4777035 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Giovanny D Pleites‐hernandez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Giovanny D |
| FAMILY NAME | Pleites‐hernandez |
| SIGNATURE | HERNANDEZ G D P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Political Science University of North Carolina at Asheville Asheville North Carolina USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5579-8636 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The impact of acculturation and personal discrimination on Latinx public opinion
Objective To what extent does personal experience with discrimination moderate the effect of acculturation on policy preferences amongst Latinxs? Work on acculturation shows that acculturation is an important predictor of policy preferences in Latinxs—with more acculturated individuals generally holding attitudes closer to their non‐Latinx Anglo counterparts than less acculturated Latinxs. Substantively less is known about how personal experience…
Tweeting for Latinos? Legislative Communication in the 115th U.S. House of Representatives
This article explores whether legislators in the U.S. House of Representatives talk about the issues important to Latinos on Twitter. Other work has emphasized the importance of descriptive representation for the substantive advancement of the interests of minority constituents. Building on that work, I argue that Latino legislators are more likely than their non-Latino peers to discuss issues important to the Latino community. In addition, given…
The Representational Deficit of Latinxs in the U.S. House of Representatives
This paper explores the extent to which Latinxs were substantively represented in the 112th U.S. House of Representatives (2011–2013). We make use of a large national sample of Americans to tap into the congruence of the attitudes of constituents with actual roll call votes taken by their legislators in office. In doing so, we are able to make comparisons between constituent attitudes and legislative behavior for Latinx versus non-Latinx constitu…
Surviving Political Scandals: Why Some Transgressions End Political Careers and Others Do Not
Objective In this article, we examine several explanations for why some politicians survive political scandals and others do not. These explanations include the nature and magnitude of the scandal, the political environment, and how the politician responds to the scandal. Methods To identify scandals, we use the Lexis‐Nexis database of Associated Press State and Local Wire (APSLW) articles between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2014 to examine …
Surviving Political Scandals: Why Some Transgressions End Political Careers and Others Do Not
Objective In this article, we examine several explanations for why some politicians survive political scandals and others do not. These explanations include the nature and magnitude of the scandal, the political environment, and how the politician responds to the scandal. Methods To identify scandals, we use the Lexis‐Nexis database of Associated Press State and Local Wire (APSLW) articles between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2014 to examine …
Tweeting for Latinos? Legislative Communication in the 115th U.S. House of Representatives
This article explores whether legislators in the U.S. House of Representatives talk about the issues important to Latinos on Twitter. Other work has emphasized the importance of descriptive representation for the substantive advancement of the interests of minority constituents. Building on that work, I argue that Latino legislators are more likely than their non-Latino peers to discuss issues important to the Latino community. In addition, given…
The Representational Deficit of Latinxs in the U.S. House of Representatives
This paper explores the extent to which Latinxs were substantively represented in the 112th U.S. House of Representatives (2011–2013). We make use of a large national sample of Americans to tap into the congruence of the attitudes of constituents with actual roll call votes taken by their legislators in office. In doing so, we are able to make comparisons between constituent attitudes and legislative behavior for Latinx versus non-Latinx constitu…
Surviving Political Scandals: Why Some Transgressions End Political Careers and Others Do Not
Objective In this article, we examine several explanations for why some politicians survive political scandals and others do not. These explanations include the nature and magnitude of the scandal, the political environment, and how the politician responds to the scandal. Methods To identify scandals, we use the Lexis‐Nexis database of Associated Press State and Local Wire (APSLW) articles between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2014 to examine …
The Representational Deficit of Latinxs in the U.S. House of Representatives
This paper explores the extent to which Latinxs were substantively represented in the 112th U.S. House of Representatives (2011–2013). We make use of a large national sample of Americans to tap into the congruence of the attitudes of constituents with actual roll call votes taken by their legislators in office. In doing so, we are able to make comparisons between constituent attitudes and legislative behavior for Latinx versus non-Latinx constitu…
Tweeting for Latinos? Legislative Communication in the 115th U.S. House of Representatives
This article explores whether legislators in the U.S. House of Representatives talk about the issues important to Latinos on Twitter. Other work has emphasized the importance of descriptive representation for the substantive advancement of the interests of minority constituents. Building on that work, I argue that Latino legislators are more likely than their non-Latino peers to discuss issues important to the Latino community. In addition, given…
The impact of acculturation and personal discrimination on Latinx public opinion
Objective To what extent does personal experience with discrimination moderate the effect of acculturation on policy preferences amongst Latinxs? Work on acculturation shows that acculturation is an important predictor of policy preferences in Latinxs—with more acculturated individuals generally holding attitudes closer to their non‐Latinx Anglo counterparts than less acculturated Latinxs. Substantively less is known about how personal experience…
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Gender Politics and Representation (2 works)