Voting Hopes or Fears? White Voters, Black Candidates, and Racial Politics in America

Name: Voting Hopes or Fears? White Voters, Black Candidates, and Racial Politics in America
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ISBN: 9780195101621

ISBN-10: 0195101626

ISBN-13: 9780195101621

Edition: 1997

Authors: Keith Reeves

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When President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the 1965 Voting Rights Act, he explained that it flowed from "a clear and simple wrong." But a generation later, whites still remain resistant to the election of blacks to public office. That widespread resistance, Keith Reeves illustrates, can be explained in large part by election campaign appeals to whites' racial fears and sentiments. Based on empirical research examining white voters' attitudes towards black candidates and racial framing of campaign news coverage, Voting Hopes or Fears? explosively documents that racial discrimination against black candidates is contemporary, specific, and identifiable. Reeves concludes by outlining possible…

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List price: $83.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/23/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 8.11" wide x 5.43" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Foreword




Our Intractable Problem



Race--A Political Lightning Rod



Voting Discrimination against Black Candidates



The Empirical Evidence



The Print Press--Making an Issue of Race



The Persistence of Racial Prejudice in the Electorate



The Consequences of Cueing Subtle Appeals to Race



Affirmative Action and Equal Political Opportunity Revisited



In Pursuit of a Level Playing Field



The Content Analysis Study



The 1992 Biracial Election Campaign Study



The Voting Rights Act


Notes


References


Table of Cases


Index