10.1184/R1/6686222.v1
Jae-Eun Kim
Jae-Eun
Kim
Minority Voting Factors
Carnegie Mellon University
2014
factors influencing voting in minority populations
republican or democratic party identification and ideology
2014-05-01 00:00:00
Thesis
https://kilthub.cmu.edu/articles/thesis/Minority_Voting_Factors/6686222
The purpose of this study is to analyze and understand the factors that influence minority
populations to vote in their particular manner. It will seek to offer a critical reevaluation of three
fundamental and interlocking themes of each group’s socioeconomic status, cultural factors, and
political participation factors. This research specifically seeks to understand the factors that
influence Blacks, Hispanics, and Asian voters in supporting the Democratic Party over the
Republican Party. It will compare and contrast the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections to
understand why the voters voted the way they did. By doing so, this study will show how and why
these factors play an important role in the voting behavior of Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians.
Although there are different explanations of racial politics offered by other literature, this
research is unique in the way it offers a more comprehensive method in examining the factors
that influence voting patterns of the aforementioned minority groups.