Racial Polarization in Local Elections

• In Event: Racial and Partisan Polarization in Local Elections

Brief Overview

We draw on a large, new survey experiment to analyze the degree to which different racial groups coalesce around in-group candidates, fail to support out-group candidates, and behave differently in elections for executive and legislative positions.

Authors

• Jessica Trounstine, University of California-Merced

• Shana K Gadarian, Syracuse University

• Melody Crowder-Meyer, Davidson College