How Black Candidates Affect Voter Turnout
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23325530 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ebonya Washington (National Bureau of Economic Research, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 121 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 973-998 |
| Publication date | 2006-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Quarterly Journal of Economics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-5533 • E-ISSN: 1531-4650 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1162/qjec.121.3.973 |
| OpenAlex | W2128533228 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 68 |
| References cited | 8 |
Both Black and White voter turnout increases 2–3 percentage points with each Black Democrat on the ballot. Given the groups' representations in the population, the White response is numerically greater. Whites of both parties are less likely to vote for their parties' candidate when s/he is Black. The turnout findings are not explained away by voter, election, or politician characteristics. However, the fact that there is no turnout response to Black Republicans suggests that a perception of Blacks' ideology may be a factor.
Affect (linguistics) · Ballot · Black male · Demographic economics · Economics · Perception · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · Turnout · Voter turnout · Voting · White (mutation) · Demography · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · School Choice and Performance
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