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Explaining Gender Gaps and Racial Divides in Partisanship

Year: 2011

Type: preprint

Abstract: In the United States today, African-Americans are much more likely than whites to identify with the Democratic Party; and men are more likely than women to identify with the Republican Party. The purpose of this paper is to describe and explain the origin and evolution of these differences. Central to our account are political parties as active agents. Our principal proposition is that sizable and persistent changes in the position of the parties on central matters of politics since World War II account for the emergence of gender gaps and racial divides in partisanship.

Source: SSRN Electronic Journal

Authors: Nancy Burns, Donald R. Kinder, Ashley Jardina, Molly E. Reynolds

Institution: University of Michigan

Language: English

Topic: Electoral Systems and Political Participation

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Gender equality

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W397424

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