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Randy Besco¹, Sergio Garcia-Rios², Julius Lagodny³

¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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Political campaigns increasingly use explicit racism. Even when attacks target "neighboring" groups (those with social or psychological ties), people react similarly to direct group members, showing the power of social connections.

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Political Science
Social Psychology
Sociology

Background:

Explicit racism in political campaigns is a growing concern, targeting immigrant, racial, and religious minorities.
Group membership significantly influences political responses, with individuals often reacting more strongly to attacks on their own group.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the impact of political campaign attacks on 'neighboring' groups—those with logical, social, or psychological connections to the directly targeted group.
To understand if individuals react similarly to attacks on neighboring groups as they do to attacks on their own group.

Main Methods:

Utilized survey experiments involving immigrant and non-immigrant Latino Americans and South Asian Canadians.
Exposed participants to campaign videos disparaging immigrants or specific ethnic groups (Latinos/South Asians).

Main Results:

Members of neighboring groups exhibited emotional and candidate evaluation responses comparable to those of directly targeted group members.
Social and psychological connections to a group can elicit responses as strong as direct membership in that group.

Conclusions:

Findings highlight the significant influence of neighboring groups in political contexts.
Social and psychological ties play a crucial role in shaping political attitudes and reactions, extending beyond direct group affiliation.