Fortifying the Message: The Electoral Impact of Immigration Framing in Republican Political Campaigns

• In Event: Campaign Communication and Rhetoric

Brief Overview

Do Republican candidates electorally benefit from using more aggressive immigration rhetoric? This study uses computational text analysis and a survey experiment to measure its usage and the electoral effects for candidates who employ it.

Authors

• Stephanie Garza, University of Texas at Austin

• Clinton Willbanks, University of Texas at Austin