The Effects of Race on Assessment of Political Scandal: An Analysis of Federal Judicial Nominees

• In Event: Courts in Political and Institutional Context

Brief Overview

We examine how the impact of judicial nominees’ race and related scandal affect how U.S. citizens feel towards these nominees. Using a survey experiment, we examine how race modifies citizens’ attitudes towards scandals related to judicial nominees.

Authors

• Joshua Boston, Bowling Green State University

• Benjamin J. Kassow, University of North Dakota

• Ali Shiraz Masood, Rhodes College

• David Ryan Miller, East Tennessee State University