``That Could Be Me": Fear of Sending-Country Chaos Can Drive Immigration Attitudes

• In Event: Politics of Acceptance and Rejection: Electoral Behavior, Political Parties, and Immigration Attitudes

Brief Overview

We explore a new fear about the consequences of immigration: how migrants can spark “that could be me” fears among voters, for whom migrants can embody what could happen to them if their country became as chaotic as the sending country.

Authors

• David J. Samuels, University of Minnesota

• Fernando Barros de Mello, University Carlos III of Madrid

• Ignacio Jurado, Spanish National Research Council

• Cesar Zucco, FGV Ebape