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Religious Traditionalism and Latino Politics in the United States

University of Tennessee

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Nathan.J.Kelly{at}gmail.com.

	Abstract

This article examines how and why ethnic context conditions the link between religious traditionalism and the political attitudes and behaviors of Latinos in the United States. Existing research shows that the impact of religious traditionalism on political attitudes varies by policy and religious context. Through an analysis of issue attitudes, ideology, and partisanship, we confirm this existing work and also show that religious traditionalism influences Latino political behavior differently than it influences Anglo politics. The impact of religious traditionalism is not nearly as strong among Latinos as among Anglos. To the extent that traditionalism does influence political attitudes and behavior, it generally produces greater ideological conservatism but does not translate into support for the Republican Party—the latter is quite different from its impact in the Anglo population.

First published on November 29, 2007, doi:10.1177/1532673X07309738

American Politics Research 2008;36:236.

A more recent version of this article appeared on March 1, 2008


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