Obama, race, and the Republican landslide in 2010
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13039554 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew D Luttig (0000-0001-9207-1858, University of Minnesota, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 197-219 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Politics Groups and Identities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2156-5503 • E-ISSN: 2156-5511 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21565503.2015.1068699 |
| OpenAlex | W1121555643 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 40 |
In the 2010 midterm elections Republicans won in a landslide, making major gains in the Senate and winning the majority in the House. In this article, I assess one factor that contributed to the Republican Party's landslide in 2010: the political salience of racial animosity in the Obama era. In a historical analysis of voting in midterm elections, I find that racial animosity had a substantially larger effect on vote choice in 2010 than in past midterm elections. This effect persists in the face of many short-term factors and regardless of the race of the candidates themselves. I also show that racial animosity affected voter turnout in 2010, stimulating turnout among Republicans and diminishing turnout among Democrats. Consistent with research on presidential voting and opinion formation in the Obama era, these results suggest that one consequence of Obama's presidency was to increase the relevance of racial animosity in American politics
Demographic economics · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Politics of the United States · Presidency · Presidential election · Presidential system · Race (biology · Salience (neuroscience · Sociology · Turnout · Voting · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Public Administration · Social and Intergroup Psychology
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