Race, Republicans, and the Return of the Party of Lincoln

Philpot, Tasha S.

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“…Finally, and my preferred explanation, liberal and conservative carry with them negative social definitions—being moderate just sounds better. This is particularly true given the outright, contentious relationship between the larger black community and conservative ideology or the Republican Party (Dawson, ; Philpot, ; Tate, ).…”

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“…These values overlap with the conservation values that support status quo institutional structures. In contrast, conservation values and Republicanism hold a particular meaning to blacks (Philpot, ), so I expect that individual achievement, as described by Nielson (), will impact black Republicans or conservatives more.…”

Section: Values and Racial Group Experiencementioning

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The Effect of Human Values on Party Identification and Ideology for Black and White Partisans

Defenderfer

2019

Social Science Quarterly

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Objective. Recent research on core political values and moral foundations suggests our understanding of underlying values by race is underdeveloped. We know that Democrats prefer equality and Republicans prefer social order, but we know little as to whether these differences remain constant between blacks and whites. I utilize social psychological measures, not confounding core political values, to examine these differences. Methods. Conducting an original survey, I utilize the Schwartz Portrait Values to examine the effect of values on party identification and ideology by race. Results. I find that black Americans, relatively speaking, prioritize self-transcendence values more so than whites; white Americans give more priority to values of conservation; and black Americans give more priority to values of self-enhancement as compared to conservation. Further, the contribution of selftranscendence values to Democratic Party identification is similar for both races, but conservation values lead to a Republican identification for white Americans, while self-enhancement does so for black Americans. Conclusion. This research contributes to the scarce literature on the human value structures of black Americans. The well-established premise that Republicans prefer social order holds for white Americans, but for black Republicans, values of self-enhancement undergird their party identification.

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Section: Values and Racial Group Experiencementioning

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The Effect of Human Values on Party Identification and Ideology for Black and White Partisans

Defenderfer

2019

Social Science Quarterly

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“…The challenge is not simply to boost awareness of shared values on social and cultural issues (particularly among committed black Evangelicals); such policy agreements are associated with only small, albeit statistically significant, differences in partisan judgments. Knowledge helps, but in the end recruitment may depend on a 'return of the party of Lincoln' (Philpot 2007). This practical insight emerges only when we bridge two literatures-one on black public opinion, the other on political knowledge-that rarely intersect.…”

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“…It is likely that Black Americans' racial commitments are what inhibit greater policy-party alignment on social issues, as argued by scholars of black politics (Dawson 1994). Deep concerns over persistent racial inequality, together with the belief that the Democratic Party is more supportive of the black agenda (Philpot 2007), may effectively override cross-pressures related to social issue positions. Comparisons to white Americans, among whom we observe substantially more policy-party alignment at all levels of political knowledge, underscore the centrality of race as an animating force in Black partisan attitudes.…”

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Knowledge Matters: Policy Cross-pressures and Black Partisanship

Gay

2013

Polit Behav

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Black Americans are a core Democratic constituency, despite holding views on social issues that put them in conflict with the party. Conventional wisdom attributes this partisan commitment to the salience of race and concerns about racial inequality. This paper considers whether the Democratic bias derives in part from low levels of political knowledge. Using data from the 2004 National Annenberg Election Study, this paper examines how political knowledge moderates the relationship between social issue cross-pressures and partisan attitudes among Black Americans. I demonstrate that the extent to which Democratic allegiance persists despite policy disagreements depends on whether blacks are sufficiently knowledgeable to act on their policy views, and not simply on the importance that blacks assign to their racial commitments. It is only among politically knowledgeable Black Americans that social issue crosspressures are at all politically consequential; for them, Democratic partisanship is resilient but not immune to policy disagreements. For blacks with low levels of political knowledge, partisan support is unaffected by policy disagreements. This pattern is most pronounced among religiously active Black Evangelicals, for whom social issues are highly salient.

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“…King (2006) and Philpot (2007), in their studies of Black partisanship, provide evidence that even Blacks who may feel comfortable with some of the Republican Party's policies do not join the Party because of negative perceptions of the Party's relationship with the Black community. Bowler, Nicholson, and Segura (2006) find that the Republican Party's repeated support for racially charged issues benefited the Democratic Party by reversing a trend of increasing Latino support for the GOP.…”

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The Big Tent Effect

Stout

Garcia

2014

American Politics Research

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In this study, we assess whether Blacks and/or Latinos are more likely to identify with political parties that nominate a U.S. House candidate who shares their race/ethnicity using the 2010 Cooperative Congressional Election Study (CCES). Our results indicate that Blacks are more likely to identify with both the Democratic and Republican Party when they nominate successful Black candidates for the House of Representatives. To assess the temporal order of the relationship, we examine the differences in Black Democratic partisanship before and after Obama's election to the White House and changes in Republican partisanship among Blacks in districts before and after the nomination of a successful Black Republican candidate. In combination, we find that both political parties can make gains in the Black community through the nomination of co-racial candidates. While descriptive candidates consistently influence Black partisanship, we find that Latino partisanship is not significantly affected by the presence of co-ethnic candidates.

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Race, Republicans, and the Return of the Party of Lincoln

Cited by 36 publications

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The Effect of Human Values on Party Identification and Ideology for Black and White Partisans

The Effect of Human Values on Party Identification and Ideology for Black and White Partisans

Knowledge Matters: Policy Cross-pressures and Black Partisanship

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