Campaigning While Black - Black Candidates, White Majorities, and the Quest for Political Office

Why is it so rare for Black candidates to win elections for governor and U.S. senator? Matthew Tokeshi examines the campaigns of every Black challenger for these offices from 2000 through 2020 and points to the significant effects of racial appeals to white voters.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Why Are Black Governors and U.S. Senators So Rare? Racial Bias Against Black Challengers, 2000–2020
2. The Racialization of Black Candidates
3. The Response of Black Candidates
4. The Deval Patrick and Harold Ford Jr. Campaigns of 2006
5. The 2013 Cory Booker and 2014 Anthony Brown Campaigns
6. When Black Women Run: The 2018 Stacey Abrams and 2020 Kamala Harris Campaigns
7. The Booker Experiment
8. The Criminal Pardon Experiment
Conclusion
Appendixes
Notes
Index

About the author

Matthew Tokeshi is an assistant professor of political science at Williams College.

Summary

Why is it so rare for Black candidates to win elections for governor and U.S. senator? Matthew Tokeshi examines the campaigns of every Black challenger for these offices from 2000 through 2020 and points to the significant effects of racial appeals to white voters.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Tokeshi
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.07.2023
• EAN: 9780231209274
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20927-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Media & Internet, United States of America, USA, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Political campaigning & advertising, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Political campaigning and advertising, Elections & referenda, Black & Asian Studies, Elections and referenda / suffrage, Relating to African American / Black American people, social science; political science