Vote Switching and Racial Identity Change in the 2016 Election

• In Event: Race in American Politics in Recent Elections

Brief Overview

Using a panel survey, this study explores the relationship between vote switching and race change. Among nonwhites who didn’t vote Republican in 2012, switching into a Trump vote in 2016 strongly predicted changing to a white racial identity.

Authors

• Alexander Agadjanian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Dean P. Lacy, Dartmouth College