Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2024
Abstract
In the United States, Black women have been touted as the saving grace of the Democratic Party. Using data from the 2016 Collaborative Multiracial Post-Election Survey, a cooperative, user-driven data set that provides a large and diverse sample of racial and ethnic groups in the United States, we develop a deeper understanding of the role of partisanship and civic duty in Black women’s support for Hillary Clinton and their political participation. We take an intersectional approach and examine Black women’s politics alongside that of their white female and Black male counterparts. We find that Black women are motivated by civic duty to participate in elections, whereas civic duty does not motivate Black men and white women.
Original Publication Citation
Slaughter C, Crowder C, Greer C. Black Women: Keepers of Democracy, the Democratic Process, and the Democratic Party. Politics & Gender. 2024;20(1):162-181. doi:10.1017/S1743923X23000417
Publisher Statement
This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited.
Digital Commons @ LMU & LLS Citation
Slaughter, Christine; Crowder, Chaya; and Greer, Christina, "Black Women: Keepers of Democracy, the Democratic Process, and the Democratic Party" (2024). Political Science and International Relations Faculty Works. 299.
https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/poli_fac/299
