This study tests for long-term continuities in the politics of race. It uses a quasi-experimental method to examine the role of racial issues in presidential voting in the present era. It identifies two earlier historical eras in which it is generally agreed racial issues were a central point of...

Los Angeles has a history of considerable racial and ethnic conflict, ranging from the “zoot suit riots†of 1943 through the Watts riots of 1965 and the so-called “Rodney King†rioting in 1992. Politics in Los Angeles has often reflected this intergroup conflict, from Sam...

We address the role of racial antagonism in whites’ opposition to racially-targeted policies. The data come from four surveys selected for their unusually rich measurement of both policy preferences and other racial attitudes: the 1986 and 1992 National Election Studies, the 1994 General...