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Imperative to Participate: Understanding African American Voter Turnout in High-Profile Elections with African American Candidates
Department: Political Science
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Travis Taylor
Idaho State University
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12/8/2022
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City: Pocatello
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Since Election 2016, a wealth of research has been conducted about American politics and the subsequent election of Donald J. Trump. While race and racism are not novel to America, questions regarding how racism influences American political processes have reemerged. Traditionally, African American candidacies have been less successful. However, post-election 2016, African Americans candidacies and electability have increased (e.g., Stacey Abrams and Andrew Gillum). African American candidacies and electability are inextricably connected to the African American electorate’s political vibrancy. Using voting data from Florida and Georgia’s gubernatorial elections occurring between 2006-2018, African American candidacy and political engagement will be explored. Extant research indicates African American candidates increase African American political engagement thus increasing the likelihood of electability. Results suggests African American candidacies situationally and contextually increase African American political engagement bolstering extant research and a need for augmented approaches to understanding African American political behavior. Keywords: race, politics, voting, candidacy, political engagement, political behavior

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