Tag: Josh Zingher
Increasing ethnic minority representation: why both political parties and electoral districts matter
National parliaments in Western democracies remain far whiter than the increasingly diverse populations they represent. Benjamin Farrer (Knox College) and Josh Zingher (Old Dominion University) find that the explanation for this lies in the interaction of local demographics and political parties, and that as a result centre-left parties in the US, UK and Australia have been more successful at getting ethnic minority candidates elected.
Voters react to ethnic minority candidates in different and sometimes unexpected ways
The number of ethnic minority MPs and parliamentary candidates is on the rise – despite this, numbers are still disappointingly low, as is the case in many influential sectors in the UK. Here, Josh Zinger and Benjamin D. Farrer share research which shows that voters react to ethnic minority candidates differently depending on their own […]
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