Intersecting Identities and Ideologies
Sociodemographic Predictors of 2024 Voting Among Mexican and Cuban Americans
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21739534 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mercedes A Muñoz (0000-0002-7789-0166, Duke University, corresponding author), Sophia H Jenkins (Duke University), Ivan Carbajal (0000-0003-4452-6269, Oregon State University), Sarah Elizabeth Gaither (Duke University) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2026-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1529-7489 • E-ISSN: 1530-2415 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/asap.70046 |
| OpenAlex | W7117455094 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 36 |
Despite Latino Americans’ consistent support for the Democratic Party over the last five decades, the number of Latino Americans who voted for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election grew by 10% compared to the 2020 election. What ideological and sociodemographic factors apart from ethnic identity may have influenced their voting behavior in the 2024 Presidential Election? Although previous work has demonstrated a person's Latino identity strength can influence their political behavior, Latino Americans hold other ideologies and sociodemographic factors that may influence their voting. Here, 186 Mexican Americans (the Latino group that voted the most for Harris) and 176 Cuban Americans (the Latino group that voted the most for Trump) participants completed measures of ethnic identity, acculturation, Latino‐specific gender norms, conservatism, traditionalism, income, and religiosity among others. Across all participants, having higher levels of traditionalism was the most consistent predictor of voting for Trump over Harris. Voting for Trump over Harris was associated with higher levels of machismo (i.e., gender norms about men common in Latin American societies) only in Mexican Americans, whereas voting for Trump over Harris was associated with having a higher income only in Cuban Americans. These results suggest there are multiple, distinct ideologies and sociodemographic factors in Latino voters that influence their political preferences, rationales, and voting behavior
Democracy · Ethnic group · Ideology · Latin Americans · Presidential election · Presidential system · Religiosity · Voting · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Social and Intergroup Psychology
Status-Based Identity
Construction and initial validation of the Marianismo Beliefs Scale
Cognitive ability and authoritarianism
The Internal-External Ethnic Identity Measure
A Different Hue of the Gender Gap
Political Identity Convergence
The Gender Identity Scale
Identification and political advertising
The 2024 Presidential Election Through Latino Lenses
Authoritarianism and support for Trump in the 2016 presidential election
When demography is (not) destiny
Did sexism drive Latino support for Trump? Latinx, sexism, and presidential vote choice
The Mexican American Cultural Values Scale for Adolescents and Adults
Hispanic Acculturation Index
The Role of Identity Prioritization
Tending the Flock
The Political Incorporation of Cuban Americans
Somos Más
A Tripartite Approach to Right-Wing Authoritarianism
Direct and Indirect Xenophobic Attacks
Xenophobic Rhetoric and Its Political Effects on Immigrants and Their Co‐Ethnics
Do Latino Christians and Seculars Fit the Culture War Profile? Latino Religiosity and Political Behavior
Intersectionality and research in psychology
Racial Differences in Physical and Mental Health
Reversion to the Mean, or Their Version of the Dream? Latino Voting in an Age of Populism
The Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CRS)
Mexican Immigrant Replenishment and the Continuing Significance of Ethnicity and Race
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |