The Impact of Acculturation on Minority and Immigrant Public Opinion

• In Event: Politics of Assimilation and Acculturation

Abstract

To what extent does acculturation affect policy preferences across minority groups? Prior work has established the ability of acculturation to structure the policy preferences of Latinxs and other groups. This work extends this exploration by comparing these differences within and across different racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. using the 2020 Collaborative Multi-Racial Post-Election Survey (CMPS) – a survey that purposefully oversamples minority and migrant groups. In addition, this work looks at various issues beyond immigration to demonstrate the reach of acculturation as a construct. We find preliminary support for the impact of acculturation across issues and groups. We also explore the role of linked fate and discrimination in influencing the effect of acculturation on policy preferences of individuals in the study.

Authors

• Giovanny Daniel Pleites-Hernandez, University of North Carolina Asheville

• Rob Shrode, University of North Carolina - Asheville