Unpacking Immigrants’ Partisan Affiliation and Vote Choices Abroad: The Case of Post-2019 Hong Kong Migration Wave

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

Brief Overview

Examining Hongkongers who migrated after Hong Kong’s autocratization, this study finds that politically motivated migrants lean right in ideology and vote choice, complicating common views of immigrant liberalism in host democracies.

Authors

• Maggie Shum, Pennsylvania State University, Penn State Erie-Behrend College

• Ka Ming Ka Chan, Newcastle University

• Sanho Chung, National Cheng Kung University