Race as a Salient Factor in Nonpartisan Elections
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3222089 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William P Collins (0000-0003-4414-8034, Drake University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 330 |
| Publication date | 1980-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Western Political Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-4078 • E-ISSN: 2325-8675 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/447259 |
| OpenAlex | W4242551117 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
T HE POLITICAL bias of nonpartisan electoral systems has been described extensively.1 By imposing differential information costs, nonpartisan electoral settings are viewed as reinforcing the political importance of the class differences which exist in the ability to process and to structure incoming political cues and information. As Hawley has pointed out, by eliminating the party symbol nonpartisan electoral settings make the connection between candidate choice and personal interest very difficult, and as a result, such elections require higher levels of voter motivation and interest as a prerequisite to voting participation.2 Ethnicity has been observed as a factor acting to lessen the informational biases of nonpartisan electoral settings. Ethnic affiliations become, according to a number of observers, an important means of organizing political behavior when the party label is absent.3 This point has been well established insofar as black ethnic identification is concerned. In municipal mayoral elections held in a nonpartisan setting, black political participation has been observed to increase significantly in those races where one of the candidates is black.4 The purpose of this note is to observe whether or not race acts uniformly as a salient factor across different types of municipal elections held in a nonpartisan setting
Class (philosophy) · Ethnic group · Factor (programming language) · Political science · Politics · Race (biology) · Salient · Sociology · Voting · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Public Administration · Religion and Society Interactions
Charles Adrian and the Study of Nonpartisan Elections
Race, Referendums, and Roll-Off
Racist or Racial Voting in the 1981 Atlanta Municipal Elections
Black Candidates, Roll-Off, and the Black Vote
Cincinnati's 1988 proportional representation initiative
The Racial Factor in Nonpartisan Judicial Elections
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,24 |
| Citation span | 1984 - 2008 (25) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |