Candidate ethnicity and vote choice in Britain
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...
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:4bab60fc-8948-4bef-8ed8-c5433b434a5f2022-03-26T15:44:56ZCandidate ethnicity and vote choice in BritainJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:4bab60fc-8948-4bef-8ed8-c5433b434a5fSymplectic Elements at OxfordCambridge University Press2015Fisher, SHeath, ASanders, DSobolewska, MThis 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. |
| spellingShingle | Fisher, S Heath, A Sanders, D Sobolewska, M Candidate ethnicity and vote choice in Britain |
| title | Candidate ethnicity and vote choice in Britain |
| title_full | Candidate ethnicity and vote choice in Britain |
| title_fullStr | Candidate ethnicity and vote choice in Britain |
| title_full_unstemmed | Candidate ethnicity and vote choice in Britain |
| title_short | Candidate ethnicity and vote choice in Britain |
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