TY  - BOOK
AU  - Benjamin,Andrea
TI  - Racial coalition building in local elections: elite cues and cross-ethnic voting 
SN  - 9781108415415 (hardback)
U1  - 324.7 23
KW  - Local elections
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - Voting
KW  - Research
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Hispanic Americans
KW  - Relations with Hispanic Americans
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Ethnic relations
KW  - Race relations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. The co-ethnic elite cues theory; 3. An experimental test of the co-ethnic elite cues theory; 4. The co-ethnic elite cues and elite Black-Latino coalitions; 5. The co-ethnic elite cues theory and racial attitudes; 6. Conclusion; Elections appendix
N2  - "This book examines racial and ethnic coalition building in local elections and considers Black and Latino political incorporation more broadly. Although many argue that Black and Latino voters have much to gain from alliances that advance shared interests, coalitions between the two groups have not always formed easily or been stable over time. Recent mayoral elections across the country show different patterns of out-group candidate support. This book seeks to explain these variations and the specific conditions under which Blacks and Latinos vote for the same candidate. Drawing on large-n observational data, survey experiments, and qualitative case studies, Benjamin develops a theory of co-ethnic endorsements, which points to the significance of elite cues from Black and Latino leaders. The book demonstrates that voters use elite co-ethnic endorsements to help inform their votes, that they do so particularly when race is salient in an election, and that this has real implications for representation and access to political benefits"--; "This book examines racial and ethnic coalition building in local elections and considers Black and Latino political incorporation more broadly. Although many argue that Black and Latino voters have much to gain from alliances that advance shared interests, coalitions between the two groups have not always formed easily or been stable over time. Recent mayoral elections across the country show different patterns of out-group candidate support. This book seeks to explain these variations and the specific conditions under which Blacks and Latinos vote for the same candidate. Drawing on large-n observational data, survey experiments, and qualitative case studies, Andrea Benjamin develops a theory of co-ethnic endorsements, which points to the significance of elite cues from Black and Latino leaders. This book demonstrates that voters use elite co-ethnic endorsements to help inform their votes, that they do so particularly when race is salient in an election, and that this has real implications for representation and access to political benefits"--
ER  -