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This paper investigates the concept of “ethnic voting ” in the 1989 New York Mayoral campaign. The ethnic voting hypothesis holds that when other independent variables such as party, income, and ideology are controlled, ethnic identity should exert a significant impact on candidate selection. Results indicate that ethnicity exerts a strong impact on the vote, particularly among African American and Jewish respondents, with strong loyalty to candidates of their own ethnic group.
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Legge, J.S. The persistence of ethnic voting: African americans and jews in the 1989 New York mayoral campaign. Cont Jewry 14, 133–146 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02985896
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