Journal article
Black–Brown Coalitions in Local City Council Elections
Journal of race, ethnicity, and politics, Vol.9(3), pp.442-453
11/2024
DOI: 10.1017/rep.2024.23
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Abstract
Previous work suggests that African American and Latino voters lack political cohesiveness. Recently, these findings have been cited by opponents of “minority aggregation,” which is the idea that African Americans and Latinos can be thought of as constituting a single “class of citizens” when filing claims under the Voting Rights Act. I replicate one influential study, Rocha (2007), with updated data and greater attentiveness to moderating conditions that are meaningful in voting rights law. My findings suggest African Americans and Latinos are more cohesive than previously thought, especially in majority–minority jurisdictions. Furthermore, cohesion cannot be explained solely by shared partisanship.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Black–Brown Coalitions in Local City Council Elections
- Creators
- Rene R. Rocha - University of Iowa, Latin American Studies Program
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of race, ethnicity, and politics, Vol.9(3), pp.442-453
- DOI
- 10.1017/rep.2024.23
- ISSN
- 2056-6085
- eISSN
- 2056-6085
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 12
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 10/24/2024
- Date published
- 11/2024
- Academic Unit
- Interdisciplinary Programs; Political Science
- Record Identifier
- 9984740658102771
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