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