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Racial Composition, White Racial Attitudes, and Black Representation: Testing the Racial Threat Hypothesis in the United States Senate

We make the case for why the racial threat hypothesis should characterize the relationship between states' racial composition, whites' racial attitudes, and black representation in the United States Senate. Consistent with this claim, we find that senators from states with larger percentag...

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Published in:	Political behavior 2012-09, Vol.34 (3), p.391-410
Main Authors:	Avery, James M., Fine, Jeffrey A.
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