September 10, 2025Journal of Peace ResearchOpen Access

Democratic elections and anti-immigration attitudes

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MCMiguel CarrerasUniversity of California, Riverside SVSofía VeraUniversity of Kansas GVGiancarlo ViscontiUniversity of Maryland, College Park

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Observational analysis explores how election salience impacts anti-immigration attitudes, revealing polarization among voters. Elections trigger more negative sentiments from right-wing parties.

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Election salience leads to more polarized immigration attitudes, particularly right-wing negativity.
Right-wing respondents show increased anti-immigration sentiments during elections, which wane afterward.
Left-wing voters display decreased xenophobia immediately post-election, but negativity resurfaces later.
Effects are pronounced in contexts where immigration is not a central campaign issue.

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Carreras et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c23caeb210217d6478a44a https://doi.org/10.1177/00223433251352660

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Observational analysis explores how election salience impacts anti-immigration attitudes, revealing polarization among voters. Elections trigger more negative sentiments from right-wing parties.

Democratic elections and anti-immigration attitudes

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Democratic elections and anti-immigration attitudes

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