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The political roles of race and ethnicity in the United States are seen in differing patterns of political participation, interest, knowledge, policy preferences, and party affiliation present in America’s dominant white majority population and in its minority racial and ethnic communities. This chapter reviews findings on the dissimilarities existing among white, African American, Hispanic, Asian, and various immigrant populations. Political diversity within these communities also is described. The contribution of the various agents of political socialization to the development and perpetuation of existing patterns is discussed. The chapter considers the continuing importance of race and ethnicity in light of demographic shifts and improvements in minority participation and representation, as well as recent political history.

Throughout this chapter, the terms Latino and Hispanic and African American and black will be used interchangeably. The use of a particular term is primarily based on which word is used in the literature being discussed and does not reflect any distinctions made as to the composition of these two populations.

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