I study how immigration affected electoral outcomes in Italy accounting for changes in the immigrants identity, measured as their cultural distance from the natives. I consider three metrics of cultural distance based on language, on religion and on genetic traits which are related to the vertical transmission of values and norms across generations. I find that the increased cultural distance between immigrants and natives determined more votes for nationalist, anti-immigration, parties, although this is not the result of increased religious distance. The immigrant share does not explain electoral outcomes once either of the three distance metrics is accounted for.

我研究了移民如何影响意大利的选举结果，以解释移民身份的变化，以他们与当地人的文化距离来衡量。我考虑了基于语言、宗教和遗传特征的三个文化距离度量，这些特征与跨代价值和规范的垂直传递有关。我发现移民和当地人之间文化距离的增加决定了更多的民族主义、反移民、政党的选票，尽管这不是宗教距离增加的结果。一旦考虑了三个距离指标中的任何一个，移民份额就不能解释选举结果。