How Political Parties Support the Nomination of Immigrant Origin Candidates
After focusing on the political characteristics party selectors look for in a candidate, this chapter adds a second dimension of selection behavior to the empirical analysis, centering on party support measures in the nomination process. A variety of supp
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How Political Parties Support the Nomination of Immigrant Origin Candidates
After focusing on the individual political characteristics party selectors look for in a candidate, I will move on to the process-related measures parties can use to support IO candidates in their political aspirations for candidate selection. More specifically, I will look at the relationship between immigrant origins and party support measures for IO candidates. Such supportive measures can take different forms, ranging from encouragement to a winnable nomination.
9.1 The Role of Encouragement To draw in new and more diverse candidate types, political parties can invite party members to consider standing for election. The consideration of a candidacy widely depends on the extent to which a person obtains encouragement to run. Encouragement can thus be employed as a targeted measure for sparking the office ambitions of party members that would not strive for office on their own initiative. If reliant on encouragement in making the initial decision to run for office, any reluctance by political parties to issue invitations would lead to less candidates from immigrant backgrounds. Given the fact that encouragement is a fairly set component of legislative recruitment, I shall examine the manner in which immigrant background interacts with the initial decision to run for office, and the exact process by which IO and native aspirants emerge as candidates for legislative office. With the knowledge that underrepresented groups are the most reliant on an invite to stand for election, I want to better understand whether IO candidates are encouraged to the same degree as native candidates. Figure 9.1 provides a descriptive account of encouragement attempts among IO and native candidates. It reveals that only one-fifth of the candidates made the decision to stand for election entirely by
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Fig. 9.1 Difference in encouragement to run for election for native and IO candidates. Note Fisher’s exact test value is 0.603. The result is not significant at p ≤ 0.01. N = 780. Source GCS 2013
themselves. The majority threw their hats into the ring after others had asked them to make a bid for nomination, which confirms previous findings (Allen and Cutts 2017; Broockman 2014b; Carroll and Sanbonmatsu 2013; Fox and Lawless 2010; Lawless and Fox 2005, 2010; Sanbonmatsu 2006a). The results strongly suggest that the decision to strive for a candidacy is not made individually in most cases, but is largely affected by social impulses. This gives a competitive edge to individuals that are deeply embedded in party networks. Only by having manifold contacts within the party organization can aspirants receive encouragement to run for office. When c
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