TY  - JOUR
AU  - Washington,Ebonya
TI  - How Black Candidates Affect Voter Turnout
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 11915
PY  - 2006
Y2  - January 2006
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w11915
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w11915.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Ebonya L. Washington
Yale University
Box 8264
37 Hillhouse, Room 36
New Haven, CT 06520
Tel: 203/432-9901
Fax: 203/432-6323
E-Mail: ebonya.washington@yale.edu
AB  - Both Black and White voter turnout increases 2-3 percentage points with each Black Democrat on the ballot. Given the groups' representations in the population, the White response is numerically greater. Whites of both parties are less likely to vote for their parties' candidate when s/he is Black. The turnout findings are not explained away by voter, election, or politician characteristics. However the fact that there is no turnout response to Black Republicans suggests that a perception of Blacks' ideology may be a factor.
ER  -