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- Title
Immigration and public opinion: Will backlash impede immigrants' policy progress?
- Authors
Bishin, Benjamin G.; Hayes, Thomas J.; Incantalupo, Matthew B.; Smith, Charles Anthony
- Abstract
Objective: We investigate the question: How should immigrants pursue policy in a system that privileges majority rule? Scholars suggest that opinion backlash impedes policy gains by marginalized groups. That is, pushing too hard for policy leads to backlash, a sharp and sustained negative reaction among citizens that delays these groups' ability to obtain their desired policy. Methods: Examining immigration, we develop and test two plausible alternatives to backlash: opinion elite cues and opinion stability. We use experimental and observational data. Results: We find no evidence of backlash. Instead, we find modest evidence attitudes move in the direction of the cues provided by party elites. Conclusion: Immigrants and other marginalized groups should pursue rights without fear of opinion backlash.
- Subjects
EMIGRATION &; immigration; IMMIGRANTS; POLITICAL elites; ABILITY grouping (Education); PUBLIC opinion
- Publication
Social Science Quarterly (Wiley-Blackwell), 2021, Vol 102, Issue 6, p3036
- ISSN
0038-4941
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ssqu.13077