Meeting the Challenge of Latino Voter Mobilization
Meeting the Challenge of Latino Voter Mobilization
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应对拉丁裔选民动员的挑战
DOI：
10.1177/0002716205278403
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发表时间：
2005
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通讯作者：
Melissa R. Michelson
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作者：
Melissa R. Michelson
拉丁裔的政治参与率一直低于其他种族/族裔群体。虽然一些差异可以归因于拉丁美洲公民身份，社会经济地位和年龄水平低，但政党和候选人缺乏动员也导致了这一问题。选民动员的实地实验发现，个人拉票可以对投票率产生重大影响。本文回顾了四个实验，在拉丁裔选民动员，进行了为期三年的各种选举环境。结果表明，拉丁美洲人非常容易接受选民动员运动。让拉美裔人参加投票并不需要异常庞大的预算或特殊的“拉美裔”方法。拉丁裔选民可以通过目前在竞选专业人士中流行的那种挨家挨户的个人努力来动员投票。拉票可以大幅增加拉丁裔的投票率，而且相对便宜，甚至可能影响选举结果。
Latino political participation rates are consistently lower than those for other racial/ethnic groups. While some of the disparities can be attributed to low levels of Latino citizenship, socioeconomic status, and age, lack of mobilization by political parties and candidates also contributes to the problem. Field experiments in voter mobilization have found that personal canvassing can have a significant effect on turnout. This article reviews four experiments in Latino voter mobilization, conducted over a period of three years in a variety of electoral settings. The results demonstrate that Latinos are very receptive to voter mobilization campaigns. Getting Latinos to the polls does not require unusually large budgets or special “Latino” approaches. Latino voters can be mobilized to vote by the same sorts of door-to-door, personal efforts that are currently in vogue among campaign professionals. Canvassing can increase Latino turnout substantially, and relatively cheaply, and may even influence election results.