Women voters: race, gender, and dynamism in American elections

Women Voters documents and explains three important phenomena implicating gender, race, and immigration. The Element contributes to a better understanding of partisan candidate choice in US presidential elections. First, women are diverse and politically heterogenous, where white women are more like...

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Main Authors: Junn, Jane (Author), Masuoka, Natalie (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2024
Series:Cambridge elements
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Online Access:DE-12
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Summary:Women Voters documents and explains three important phenomena implicating gender, race, and immigration. The Element contributes to a better understanding of partisan candidate choice in US presidential elections. First, women are diverse and politically heterogenous, where white women are more likely to vote Republican and women of color are majority Democratic voters. Second, due to the unequal privileges and constraints associated with race, white women have greater agency to sort by partisan preference, whereas women of color have more limited choice in their partisan support. Finally, the authors emphasize compositional change in the electorate as an important explanation of electoral outcomes
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Sep 2024)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (93 Seiten)
ISBN:9781009326889
DOI:10.1017/9781009326889

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