Why do Republican politicians promise to rein in government, only to face repeated
rebellions from Republican voters and media critics for betraying their principles? Why do …

In The Turnout Gap, Bernard L. Fraga offers the most comprehensive analysis to date of the
causes and consequences of racial and ethnic disparities in voter turnout. Examining voting …

Who Votes Now? compares the demographic characteristics and political views of voters
and nonvoters in American presidential elections since 1972 and examines how electoral …

This article introduces the symposium on the representation of immigrant-origin and ethnic
minorities in Europe. It argues for the importance of research on this topic, noting the large …

Leading theories of race and participation posit that minority voters are mobilized by co‐
ethnic candidates. However, past studies are unable to disentangle candidate effects from …

The fourth edition of this widely-used textbook introduces students to what it means to be a
Latino American culturally and politically at a time of unprecedented challenges for …

A growing body of literature shows that voters tend to vote for candidates who share their
own socio-demographic profile. A key reason for this is because they believe those …

Even as Donald Trump's election has galvanized anti-immigration politics, many local
governments have welcomed immigrants, some even going so far as to declare their …

Recent work challenges traditional understandings of the link between race and voter
turnout, suggesting that there is limited evidence of increased minority voting due to co …

Three major constraints hinder cross-national comparisons: a lack of data on the immigrant
origins of political candidates and elected representatives, incomplete public data on the …