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Ethnic Identifiability in India: Evidence from a Voter Survey

While Indian voters often misidentify the ethnic identity of their candidate, the degree of error is small but systematic.

published by
Asian Survey
 on August 2, 2017

Source: Asian Survey

Abstract

The ethnic politics literature assumes that one's ethnic identity is readily identifiable. This paper evaluates how well this assumption holds in practice, drawing on a voter survey in the Indian state of Bihar. While voters often misidentify the identity of their candidate, the degree of error is small but systematic.

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This article was originally published in Asian Survey.

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