Coloring the Ballot: The Intra-Group Role of Colorism in Latino Candidate Evaluation

• In Event: Latinidad and the Politics of Representation

Brief Overview

By conducting two experiments, this research seeks to uncover whether complexion influences candidate preference even when all candidates share the same ethnic background. Specifically, when looking at Latino candidates and Latino voters.

Author

• Jaime Andres Andres Carbajal, University of Texas at Austin