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How Black Candidates Affect Voter Turnout

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Washington, Ebonya (Yale U)
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Both Black and White voter turnout increases 2-3 percentage points with each Black Democrat on the ballot. Given the groups' representations in the population, the White response is numerically greater. Whites of both parties are less likely to vote for their parties' candidate when s/he is Black. The turnout findings are not explained away by voter, election, or politician characteristics. However the fact that there is no turnout response to Black Republicans suggests that a perception of Blacks' ideology may be a factor.

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Paper provided by Yale University, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers with number 16.

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  1. Alesina, Alberto, 1988. "Credibility and Policy Convergence in a Two-Party System with Rational Voters," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 78(4), pages 796-805, September.
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  1. Elizabeth Oltmans Ananat & Ebonya L. Washington, 2007. "Segregation and Black Political Efficacy," NBER Working Papers 13606, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Gregory Price, 2008. "NEA Presidential Address: Black Economists of the World You Cite!!," The Review of Black Political Economy, Springer, vol. 35(1), pages 1-12, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Ueda, Michiko, 2008. "The impact of race and ideology on voting: Does race still matter?," Working Papers 1283, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences. [Downloadable!]
  4. Ananat, Elizabeth Oltmans & Washington, Ebonya, 2008. "Segregation and Black Political Efficacy," Working Papers 30, Yale University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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