Ideological Identity: The Strategic Communication of Minority Congress Members in Majority-Minority Districts

• In Event: Identities and Representation

Brief Overview

Utilizing a novel ideal-point measure based on congressional communication, as well as district-level data on majority-minority districts, we examine how minority members’ presentation of self varies, given their district’s demographics.

Authors

• SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor, College of the Holy Cross

• Kris Miler, University of Maryland-College Park