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Candidate Ethnicity and Vote Choice in Britain.
- Source :
- British Journal of Political Science; Oct2015, Vol. 45 Issue 4, p883-905, 23p
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- This article develops and tests a set of theoretical mechanisms by which candidate ethnicity may have affected the party vote choice of both white British and ethnic minority voters in the 2010 British general election. Ethnic minority candidates suffered an average electoral penalty of about 4 per cent of the three-party vote from whites, mostly because those with anti-immigrant feelings were less willing to vote for Muslims. Ethnic minority voter responses to candidate ethnicity differed by ethnic group. There were no significant effects for non-Muslim Indian and black voters, while Pakistani candidates benefited from an 8-point average electoral bonus from Pakistani voters. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- ETHNICITY
POLITICAL parties
POLITICAL candidates
MINORITIES
VOTERS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00071234
- Volume :
- 45
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- British Journal of Political Science
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 109085396
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123413000562