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The distorting effects of racial animus on proximity voting in the 2016 elections |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of Nevada, Reno, United States;2. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States;1. Department of Sociology, Florida State University, 526 Bellamy Building, Tallahassee, FL 32306-2270, United States;2. The School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany, SUNY, 135 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12222, United States;3. School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, 302B Eppes Hall, Tallahassee, FL 32306, United States |
| Abstract: | While the use of racial appeals by the 2016 Trump campaign is indisputable, researchers are actively debating their precise role in influencing voter behavior in the election. We seek to expand upon existing research which finds that racial animus electorally benefited the Trump campaign. We examine to what extent those benefits also materialized for GOP candidates down-ballot and whether racial animus distorted ideological proximity voting in the 2016 election. We find that racial animus among voters helped Republicans at multiple ballot levels and that higher levels of racial animus distorted spatial voting among voters ideologically closest to the Democratic candidate. |
| Keywords: | Racial animus Proximity voting U.S. presidential elections U.S. congressional elections |
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