Why voting ‘neither’ could harm American democracy. Researchers found that about half of the U.S. population expresses an attitude of democratic neutrality — or an “unwillingness to support or oppose policies or practices that undermine democracy,
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Why voting ‘neither’ could harm American democracy
If you were to ask democracy scholars what they consider the greatest threat to American democracy, you might assume it is voters who support undemocratic practices or policies. But the real answer may surprise you: These voters are not the main problem.
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Among white evangelical Americans, higher levels of racial resentment were strongly associated with a higher probability of voting. There is a similar pattern among Asian American and Latino evangelicals, but opposite pattern among Black evangelicals who were…
✅ Conservative racial attitudes boost voter turnout for white, Asian American, and Latino evangelicals, but decrease it for Black evangelicals.
✅ Research by Nathan K. Chan of Loyola Marymount University used the 2020 Collaborative Multiracial Post-Election Survey to analyze these patterns.
✅ White evangelicals with the highest racial animus were approximately 22 percentage points more likely to vote.
✅ Latino evangelicals with the highest racial resentment were about 20 percentage points more likely to vote.
✅ Black evangelicals holding the most racially conservative views were roughly 23 percentage points less likely to vote.
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✅ Research by Nathan K. Chan of Loyola Marymount University used the 2020 Collaborative Multiracial Post-Election Survey to analyze these patterns.
✅ White evangelicals with the highest racial animus were approximately 22 percentage points more likely to vote.
✅ Latino evangelicals with the highest racial resentment were about 20 percentage points more likely to vote.
✅ Black evangelicals holding the most racially conservative views were roughly 23 percentage points less likely to vote.
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