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Party Perceptions and Black Party Identification.
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Party Perceptions and Black Party Identification
Maruice Mangum
Assistant Professor
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
Department of Political Science
Box 1453
Edwardsville, IL 62026-1453
Phone: (618) 650-2908
Fax: (618) 650-3509
Email:
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The goal of this research is to examine the effects of perceptions of party competence on
Black Americans’ political party identification. The underlying assumption is that policy positionsplay a role in determining which political party Blacks identify themselves with, naturally aligningthemselves with the party they believe to be the most competent in handling issues and problems. These sentiments favor the Democratic Party, so the source of Black party identification could bethe confidence they have in the Democratic Party. Using data from the 1996 National BlackElection Study, I regress Black party identification and feeling thermometers of Democrats andRepublicans on items that measure Black confidence in the political parties to handle certainissues and problems. The Ordinary Least Squares results indicate that only a few perceptionsmatter when explaining Black party identification. Predictably, issues of race and class influenceidentification. Moreover, party competence evaluations impact partisanship more.
This paper was prepared for presentation at the 2004 meeting of the American Political ScienceAssociation, Chicago, IL, September 2-5.
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Party Perceptions and Black Party Identification
Maruice Mangum
Assistant Professor
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
Department of Political Science
Box 1453
Edwardsville, IL 62026-1453
Phone: (618) 650-2908
Fax: (618) 650-3509
The goal of this research is to examine the effects of perceptions of party competence on
Black Americans’ political party identification. The underlying assumption is that policy positions
play a role in determining which political party Blacks identify themselves with, naturally aligning
themselves with the party they believe to be the most competent in handling issues and problems.
These sentiments favor the Democratic Party, so the source of Black party identification could be
the confidence they have in the Democratic Party. Using data from the 1996 National Black
Election Study, I regress Black party identification and feeling thermometers of Democrats and
Republicans on items that measure Black confidence in the political parties to handle certain
issues and problems. The Ordinary Least Squares results indicate that only a few perceptions
matter when explaining Black party identification. Predictably, issues of race and class influence
identification. Moreover, party competence evaluations impact partisanship more.
This paper was prepared for presentation at the 2004 meeting of the American Political Science
Association, Chicago, IL, September 2-5.
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