ABSTRACT Indian American candidates have been increasingly visible in recent elections in the U.S., even as Indian Americans and other South Asian Americans remain an under-represented population across American government. In this research note, we report results of an experiment to test how voters react to several characteristics of hypothetical Indian American candidates: religion, use of ‘given’ Indian names or ‘Americanized’ nicknames, gender, and party. Through a survey-based experiment testing variations on a fictional candidate profile, we find that candidates who identify as Hindu or Sikh are evaluated less positively than Christian candidates. However, these moderately negative effects are primarily limited to Republican respondents. A candidate’s use of given name or nickname does not have significant effects for candidate relatability to respondents or for respondent vote intention.

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是什么造就了一名成功的印裔美国政治候选人？

摘要 印度裔美国人候选人在美国最近的选举中越来越明显，尽管印度裔美国人和其他南亚裔美国人在美国政府中的代表人数仍然不足。在本研究报告中，我们报告了一项实验结果，以测试选民如何对假设的印度裔美国候选人的几个特征做出反应：宗教、使用“给定的”印第安人姓名或“美国化”昵称、性别和政党。通过基于调查的实验测试虚构候选人档案的变化，我们发现认定为印度教或锡克教的候选人的评价不如基督教候选人。然而，这些适度的负面影响主要限于共和党受访者。