Date of Award
3-2011
Document Type
Thesis
Department
Political Science
First Advisor
Patrick Donnay
Abstract
Voting behavior and political involvement are two commonly studied topics among political scientists today, most commonly involving Caucasian, African, and Hispanic Americans. However, there have been relatively few studies done on Asian American and Asian immigrant voting behavior and their political involvement. What causes Asian Americans and Asian immigrants to vote the way they do? How involved are they in American politics and why? These are questions that I am aiming to answer through the studying of the Pilot National Asian American Political Survey 2000- 2001 from the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Socioeconomic factors such as income, level of education, marital status, and age are traditionally the factors that are studied when looking at the cause of voting behavior and political involvement. In addition to these, I will be looking at variables such as length of residence, country of origin, and knowledge of the English language as causal factors for voting behavior and political involvement. I anticipate the results to be varied among the countries of origin.
Recommended Citation
Hoene, Elizabeth, "Asian Americans and Politics: Voting Behavior and Political Involvement" (2011). Political Science Theses and Capstones. 112.
https://pines.bemidjistate.edu/capstone-polisci/112
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American Politics Commons, American Studies Commons, Asian American Studies Commons, Asian Studies Commons, Ethnic Studies Commons, Migration Studies Commons, Politics and Social Change Commons, Race and Ethnicity Commons
