Matthew Tokeshi

Campaigning While Black

Black Candidates, White Majorities, and the Quest for Political Office

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Produktbeschreibung

Why is it so rare for Black candidates to win elections for governor and U.S. senator? Matthew Tokeshi examines the campaigns of every Black challenger for these offices from 2000 through 2020 and points to the significant effects of racial appeals to white voters.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 150mm x 230mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 442g
• ISBN-13: 9780231209274
• ISBN-10: 0231209274
• Artikelnr.: 68208582

Autorenporträt

Matthew Tokeshi

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Why Are Black Governors and U.S. Senators So Rare? Racial Bias Against
Black Challengers, 2000-2020
2. The Racialization of Black Candidates
3. The Response of Black Candidates
4. The Deval Patrick and Harold Ford Jr. Campaigns of 2006
5. The 2013 Cory Booker and 2014 Anthony Brown Campaigns
6. When Black Women Run: The 2018 Stacey Abrams and 2020 Kamala Harris
Campaigns
7. The Booker Experiment
8. The Criminal Pardon Experiment
Conclusion
Appendixes
Notes
Index