ABSTRACT

As social democratic parties reposition themselves on immigration and integration issues to appeal to anti-immigrant voters, ethnic minority voters may switch to parties that are perceived to better protect their group interests. The Flemish social democrats in Antwerp adopted several policies that were perceived as discriminatory by ethnic minorities in response to the electoral growth of the radical right party, while the francophone social democrats in Liege faced no such threat. Evidence from the Belgian Ethnic Minority Election Study 2014 confirms that ethnic minority voters who perceive their group to be more discriminated in everyday life more likely turn to the radical left in Antwerp but not in Liège, supporting the claim that social democrats cannot adopt assimilationist integration policies unpunished. Besides, findings suggest that ethnic minorities distinguish between different group interests in evaluating parties, contributing to the study of the role of group interests in ethnic minority voting.

摘要

随着社会民主党在移民和融合问题上重新定位以吸引反移民选民，少数民族选民可能会转向那些被认为可以更好地保护其团体利益的政党。安特卫普的佛兰芒社会民主人士采取了几项被少数族裔歧视的政策，以回应激进右翼政党的选举增长，而列日的法语社会民主人士则没有面临这样的威胁。2014年比利时少数族裔选举研究的证据证实，认为自己的群体在日常生活中受到更多歧视的少数族裔选民更有可能转向安特卫普的激进左派，而列日却没有，这支持了社会民主党人不能采取同化融合政策的说法。不受惩罚。除了，