Proximity, Identity, and Viability in Primaries: How Minority Voters Decide

• In Event: Voting Behavior in Primary Elections

Brief Overview

This paper argues that, in Presidential Primaries, minority voters balance between considerations of a candidate's descriptive representation, their substantive representation of the group, and the candidate's viability.

Authors

• Damon C. Roberts, University of Colorado Boulder

• John David Griffin, University of Colorado Boulder

• Stephen Michael Utych, Boise State University