Journal article
Do Popular Votes on Rights Create Animosity Toward Minorities?
Political Research Quarterly, Vol.66(4), pp.910-922
12/2013
DOI: 10.1177/1065912913478839
Abstract
We examine whether votes on minority rights make the public less sympathetic to the targeted group. Panel data are used to test whether votes on marriage changed public attitudes about gays and lesbians. We propose the marriage debate had a stigmatizing effect on attitudes about gays and lesbians in states where marriage was on the ballot. Results reveal a conditional relationship. Religious people in states where marriage was voted on had lower affect for gays and lesbians after the campaign. Independent of policy outcomes, subjecting a minority group to public judgment about rights may promote animus toward the group.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Do Popular Votes on Rights Create Animosity Toward Minorities?
- Creators
- Todd DonovanCaroline Tolbert
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Political Research Quarterly, Vol.66(4), pp.910-922
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications; Los Angeles, CA
- DOI
- 10.1177/1065912913478839
- ISSN
- 1065-9129
- eISSN
- 1938-274X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/2013
- Academic Unit
- Political Science; Public Policy Center (Archive); Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9983989280102771
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