Race and Gender as Cues for Blacks and Whites: A Survey-Based Experiment

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  • Susan E. Howell

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15763/issn.2374-7781.2002.23.0.275-286

Abstract

This research compares the impact of party, race, and gender cues and their interactions in a population of white Americans and a population of black Americans. An experiment embedded in a survey measures the effects of these cues on inferences made about the policy positions of a fictitious legislator. The cues of party and race have greater impact among whites, but the cue of gender has greater impact among blacks. Other findings indicate that blacks view Republican white male officials as particularly conservative and that female officials moderate the respondents’ tendency to attribute liberalism or conservatism on the basis of race and party cues.

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2002-11-01

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