What Does Shared Identity Signal? Unpacking Descriptive Representation and Inferences about Candidate Policy Positions

• In Event: Descriptive Representation, Racial Politics, and Voting Behavior

Brief Overview

This paper attempts to understand the mechanism underlying preferences for co-racial candidates. Using an experiment, I identify between preferences based on shared group identity and inferred policy preferences based on candidate background.

Author

• Jennifer D. Wu, University of Pennsylvania