کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1051703 1484955 2015 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Do Muslim voters prefer Muslim candidates? Co-religiosity and voting behaviour in India
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
آیا رای دهندگان مسلمان کاندیداهای مسلمان را ترجیح می دهند؟ همدردی و رفتار رای دهی در هند
کلمات کلیدی
رفتار رأی گیری؛ مسلمانان؛ ویژگی های نامزد؛ هندوستان
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی علوم اجتماعی جغرافیا، برنامه ریزی و توسعه
چکیده انگلیسی


• We model the impact of candidate religion on voting behaviour in India.
• Muslims are more likely to vote for Muslim candidates.
• Candidate effects are stronger in close elections.
• No evidence that Hindus discriminate against Muslim candidates.

Does candidate religion influence vote choice? And if so, under what conditions does religion matter? In this contribution we provide the first systematic analysis of the impact of candidate religion on voting behaviour in an ethnically divided democracy: Uttar Pradesh, North India. The results from a series of conditional logit models shows that Muslims are more likely to vote for Muslim candidates, but only when those candidates have a realistic chance of winning – there is thus a strong strategic element to their vote calculus. Moreover, there is no evidence that Hindus discriminate against Muslim candidates, or that parties face an electoral penalty for fielding a Muslim candidate.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Electoral Studies - Volume 38, June 2015, Pages 10–18
نویسندگان
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