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Racial Identity and Latino Vote Choice

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ID6180263
AuthorsAtiya Kai Stokes-Brown, Atiya Kai Stokes‐brown (Florida State University, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume34
Issue5
Pages627-652
Publication date2006-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Politics Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1532-673X • E-ISSN: 1552-3373
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1532673x06289156
OpenAlexW2167997280
LanguageEN
Citations received55
References cited35

Little empirical research has investigated the influence of racial identification on Latino vote choice. This article examines this relationship controlling for socioeconomic and demographic factors. I argue that because race is central in determining the life chances and social positions of groups in the United States, racial self-identification influences the Latino voter's decision to cast a ballot for a coethnic candidate over a non-Latino candidate. Ordered probit models show that race is a significant predictor of Latino vote choice. The findings raise interesting questions about Latino bloc voting, candidate preference, and participation more broadly

Ballot · Demographic economics · Econometrics · Economics · Multinomial probit · Ordered probit · Political science · Politics · Population · Preference · Probit · Probit model · Social choice theory · Social group · Social identity theory · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Voting · Voting behavior · Welfare economics · Demography · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Studies · Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology

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