Using data from the 2013 Australian Election Study, this article investigates voting patterns
among Australian voters from non-English-speaking backgrounds (NESB). It reveals that a …

Immigration is becoming an increasingly important issue in virtually every Western
democracy. However, immigrants' participation in politics varies greatly from country to …

It is now nearly a half century since the publication of The American Voter. Greeted with wide
acclaim, the book quickly exercised enormous influence, not only in the United States, but in …

This paper presents the results of analyses of forces shaping electoral choice in the 2010
British general election. The analyses are based primarily on data gathered in the …

Immigrants now constitute a sizeable and rapidly growing group among many Western
countries' electorates, but analyses of their party preferences remain limited. Theoretically …

The aim of this research is to investigate how ethnicity and political parties' mobilization
efforts influence the voting preferences of migrants in electoral contexts. To achieve this, an …

Immigration has become a highly salient political issue in many of the world's affluent
democracies. Yet, the electoral dynamics of anti-immigrant sentiment remain barely …

The distribution of voting rights in the UK is an artefact of history rather than a product of
clear legal or philosophical principles. Consequently, some resident aliens (ie immigrants) …

Large-scale immigration is one of the most prominent challenges facing developed
countries around the world. As a direct consequence of these demographic changes, the …

Do candidates' ethnic backgrounds matter in elections? More precisely, do they change
voters' perceptions about the candidates, and ultimately change their vote choice? If so, in …