Electoral discrimination against immigrant-origin candidates
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Autor:in (Körperschaft)
Publikationsdatum
2019
Typ der Arbeit
Studiengang
Typ
01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift
Herausgeber:innen
Herausgeber:in (Körperschaft)
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Übergeordnetes Werk
Political Behavior
Themenheft
DOI der Originalpublikation
Link
Reihe / Serie
Reihennummer
Jahrgang / Band
41
Ausgabe / Nummer
Seiten / Dauer
105-134
Patentnummer
Verlag / Herausgebende Institution
Springer
Verlagsort / Veranstaltungsort
Auflage
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Zusammenfassung
This article explores the Electoral Discrimination thesis, according to which voters tend to discriminate against minority candidates. The free-list PR system used in Swiss elections—which allows voters to cast negative preference votes against candidates they do not want to support—offers a unique opportunity to test this thesis. Specifically, we analyze the relationship between immigrant-origin candidates bearing non-Swiss names and the negative preference votes allocated by voters to single candidates. Using a novel research strategy, based on election data stemming from our analysis of real ballots cast in the 2014 local elections in the Canton of Zurich, the article shows that candidates with non-Swiss names incur a significant electoral penalty. The effects of Electoral Discrimination are stronger, however, among supporters of parties from the Right and Center-Right. Interestingly, candidates bearing non-Swiss but Western names do not fare better than candidates with names of non-Western origin. We argue that our results have important implications for the comparative literature interested in electoral systems and minority representation.
Schlagwörter
Electoral systems, Electoral behavior, Minority representation, Immigrant-origin minorities, Discrimination
Fachgebiet (DDC)
Veranstaltung
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Enddatum der Ausstellung
Startdatum der Konferenz
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Datum der letzten Prüfung
ISBN
ISSN
1573-6687
0190-9320
0190-9320
Sprache
Englisch
Während FHNW Zugehörigkeit erstellt
Nein
Zukunftsfelder FHNW
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Begutachtung
Peer-Review der ganzen Publikation
Open Access-Status
Closed
Lizenz
Zitation
Portmann, L., & Stojanović, N. (2019). Electoral discrimination against immigrant-origin candidates. Political Behavior, 41, 105–134. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-017-9440-6