Predictors of political orientation among US-born Mexican Americans: cultural identification, acculturation attitudes and socioeconomic status

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• dc.contributor.author Naumann, Laura P.ca
• dc.contributor.author Benet-Martínez, Verónicaca
• dc.contributor.author Espinoza, Penelopeca
• dc.contributor.other Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament de Ciències Polítiques i Socials
• dc.date.accessioned 2013-05-09T01:53:17Z
• dc.date.available 2013-05-09T01:53:17Z
• dc.date.issued 2013-05-07ca
• dc.date.modified 2013-05-08T10:01:49Zca
• dc.description.abstract With each passing election, U.S. political campaigns have renewed their efforts in courting the “Latino vote,” yet the Latino population is not a culturally homogenous voting bloc. This study examined how cultural identifications and acculturation attitudes in U.S. born Mexican Americans interacted with socioeconomic status (SES) to predict political orientation. Individuals who held stronger Mexican identity and supported biculturalism as an acculturation strategy had a more liberal orientation, while belonging to a higher SES group and holding stronger assimilation attitudes predicted a less liberal orientation. Mexican cultural identification interacted with SES such that those who held a weaker Mexican identity, but came from a higher social class were less liberal and more moderate in their political orientation. Weak Mexican identification and higher SES also predicted weaker endorsement of bicultural acculturation attitudes, which in turn, mediated the differences in political orientation. The acceptance of one’s ethnic identity and endorsement of bicultural attitudes predicted a more liberal political orientation. In light of these findings, political candidates should be cautious in how they pander to Latino constituents—referencing the groups’ ethnic culture or customs may distance constituents who are not strongly identified with their ethnic culture.ca
• dc.format 27 p.ca
• dc.format.mimetype application/pdfca
• dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/2072/210871ca
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/20579
• dc.language.iso engca
• dc.relation.ispartofseries GRITIM working papers series;16
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• dc.source.uri RECERCAT (Dipòsit de la Recerca de Catalunya)ca
• dc.subject.other Nord-americans d'origen mexicà -- Participació políticaca
• dc.subject.other Nord-americans d'origen mexicà -- Aculturacióca
• dc.subject.other Pluralisme cultural -- Estats Units d'Amèricaca
• dc.subject.other Immigrants -- Assimilació cultural -- Estats Units d'Amèricaca
• dc.subject.other Etnicitat -- Anàlisi transcultural -- Estats Units d'Amèricaca
• dc.subject.other 3 - Ciències socialsca
• dc.title Predictors of political orientation among US-born Mexican Americans: cultural identification, acculturation attitudes and socioeconomic statusca
• dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaperca