Does descriptive representation lead to social desirability bias? Over-reporting of voting among blacks and Latinos in the United States

This study explores whether black and/or Latino respondents are more likely to over-report voting in districts with US House candidates of the same race/ethnicity and whether the overstating of political participation is contingent on shared partisanship between the candidate and the respondent. We...

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Main Authors: Christopher Timothy Stout, Paul J. Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-04-01
Series:Research & Politics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168016641974