Author ORCID Identifier
Document Type
Dissertation
Date of Award
2021
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Political Science
First Advisor
Richard Braunstein
Abstract
During most of the 20th century, immigration to the United States had slowed considerably. When the United States changed to the immigration policy of family reunification in 1965, the source of immigrants shifted from Europe to South America, Central America, and Asia. With this change, the nation became increasingly racially and ethnically diverse. With increased pluralism, the number of intergroup contacts increased. In a society whose history of race relations has been complicated and often unpleasant, this paper begins an on-going examination as to how the majority group, Whites, responded politically to increased pluralism. Racial threat theory explains how Whites have used party shifting and voter turnout to respond politically towards ethnic changes in traditionally White neighborhoods.
Keywords
Intergroup Contact Theory, Racial Threat Theory, social network, voting
Number of Pages
113
Publisher
University of South Dakota
Recommended Citation
Galusha, Richard Ray, "THE EFFECTS OF A CHANGING NEIGHBORHOOD ETHNICITY ON VOTING" (2021). Dissertations and Theses. 23.
https://red.library.usd.edu/diss-thesis/23