Black Conservative/White Conservative: Prospects for Electoral Convergence

The recent rise of a prosperous Black middle class on the one hand and the continued salience of religious conservatism among many Black citizens on the other means that significant percentages of African Americans share both interests and values with White conservatives who vote Republican. In this...

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Published in:Politics & policy (Statesboro, Ga.) Ga.), 2001-12, Vol.29 (4), p.731-751
Main Author: Pride, Richard A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Conservatism
Political Affiliation
Political Parties
Religion Politics Relationship
Social Values
Voting Behavior
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Summary:The recent rise of a prosperous Black middle class on the one hand and the continued salience of religious conservatism among many Black citizens on the other means that significant percentages of African Americans share both interests and values with White conservatives who vote Republican. In this study, using a decade's worth of survey data from Nashville, Tennessee, African Americans are found to have given only about ten percent of their votes to Republican candidates for president and governor. Those African Americans who did vote Republican were moved to do so by political values: they believed that individuals, not the government, should be responsible for solving social problems. Neither upper‐middle‐class standing nor religious conservatism, both prominent features of Southern Republicanism, moved Blacks to vote Republican.
ISSN:1555-5623
1747-1346
DOI:10.1111/j.1747-1346.2001.tb00613.x