Working-class Democrats vs. Working-class Republicans: Partisan Differences in Perceptions of Working-class Candidates in Congressional Primaries

• In Event: Cross Pressures and Fault Lines III

Brief Overview

Conjoint experiment which identifies factors and characteristics associated with being perceived as a working-class candidate and whether candidates with working-class identifiers receive less support in Republican & Democratic primaries.

Authors

• Ashley Sorensen, The College of Wooster

• Nicolas Campos, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities