Party ID, Socioeconomic Status, and the Fluidity of Racial Self-Classifications

• In Event: Multiracial Politics: The Effects of Fluid Identities and Shifting Boundaries on Multiracial Public Opinion

Brief Overview

Drawing upon a novel panel dataset of over 24,000 individuals, I uncover large rates of racial fluidity among Latinos and show that becoming a Republican whitens racial self-classifications.

Author

• Chris Flores, Stanford University