Caroline Tolbert

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    The legalization of same-sex marriage in a state is a signal that causes certain groups to change their opinion to support the policy.

The legalization of same-sex marriage in a state is a signal that causes certain groups to change their opinion to support the policy.

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Five years ago, Iowa became the third U.S. state to allow same-sex marriages when the state Supreme Court issued a unanimous and very unpopular decision in the case Varnum v. Brien. Since this decision, public attitudes towards same-sex marriage in the state, and the United States in general, have changed dramatically. Rebecca Kreitzer, Allison Hamilton and Caroline Tolbert draw […]

July 29th, 2014|Allison Hamilton, Caroline Tolbert, Democracy and culture, Justice and Domestic Affairs, Rebecca Kreitzer|1 Comment|
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    Black candidates who create positive feelings among voters can overcome implicit racist attitudes.

Black candidates who create positive feelings among voters can overcome implicit racist attitudes.

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With more explicit forms of racism having declined in recent decades, the implicit racial attitudes of how people feel about policies designed to help minorities, or ‘symbolic racism’, has begun to gain attention. But how do these forms of more implicit racism affect how minority political candidates are evaluated by voters? Using national election surveys carried out in 2012, […]

June 11th, 2014|Caroline Tolbert, David Redlawsk, Elections and party politics across the US, Natasha Altema McNeely|0 Comments|
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