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Black Republicans…Black Politics? Racial Identification and Republican Partisanship among African Americans
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Black Republicans…Black Politics? Racial Identification and Republican Partisanship among African Americans
Abstract: Although they have garnered popular notice as both outspoken rebels and racial sell-outs, very little scholarly attention has been devoted to contemporary African American Republicans. This paper examines the factors associated with Republican affiliation among African Americans. Specifically, the paper explores whether African American Republicans have lower levels of racial identification. Using data from the 1996 National Black Election Study, the findings suggest racial identification alone is not a good predictor of partisan choice among African Americans. Furthermore, outside of age, individual level factors are not strongly correlated with Republican affiliation among African Americans. The findings suggest that future research must be sensitive to the possibility that the political relevance of racial identity might vary across members of the same racial group, and turn attention to the processes through which racial identification becomes relevant for political decision making.
Key words: Race, identity, and politics
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Black Republicans…Black Politics? Racial Identification and
Republican Partisanship among African Americans
Abstract: Although they have garnered popular notice as both outspoken rebels and racial
sell-outs, very little scholarly attention has been devoted to contemporary African
American Republicans. This paper examines the factors associated with Republican
affiliation among African Americans. Specifically, the paper explores whether African
American Republicans have lower levels of racial identification. Using data from the
1996 National Black Election Study, the findings suggest racial identification alone is not
a good predictor of partisan choice among African Americans. Furthermore, outside of
age, individual level factors are not strongly correlated with Republican affiliation among
African Americans. The findings suggest that future research must be sensitive to the
possibility that the political relevance of racial identity might vary across members of the
same racial group, and turn attention to the processes through which racial identification
becomes relevant for political decision making.
Key words: Race, identity, and politics
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