We apply an intersectional framework to explore how connections to marginalized communities interact with candidate demographics to shape vote choice in U.S. politics. In an original experiment manipulating candidates’ race, gender, sexuality, and endorsements, we show that endorsements by organizations advocating for marginalized communities shape voter evaluations to the same, if not greater, degree as candidate demographics. Moreover, the effects are particularly pronounced for candidates receiving an endorsement from an LGBT advocacy organization. Attitudes toward marginalized communities are mapped onto candidates with ties to those communities, whether the candidate is a member or not; we call this process associational affect. Identity has a complex role in shaping vote choice, and, absent an investigation of power and interlocking social hierarchies, it alone is insufficient to explain vote choice.

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代理边缘化：候选人身份和社区关系交叉点上的选民评价

我们应用交叉框架来探索边缘化社区的联系如何与候选人人口统计数据相互作用，从而影响美国政治中的投票选择。在一项操纵候选人的种族、性别、性取向和支持的原始实验中，我们表明，倡导边缘化社区的组织的支持对选民的评价影响程度与候选人的人口统计数据相同，甚至更大。此外，对于获得 LGBT 倡导组织认可的候选人来说，这种影响尤其明显。对边缘化社区的态度会反映在与这些社区有联系的候选人身上，无论候选人是否是成员；我们称这个过程为关联情感。身份在塑造投票选择方面发挥着复杂的作用，并且，如果缺乏对权力和相互关联的社会等级制度的调查，仅凭身份不足以解释投票选择。