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HILLARY CLINTON AND THE WOMEN WHO SUPPORTED HER

Emotional Attachments and the 2008 Democratic Presidential Primary

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2017

Evelyn M. Simien  and
Sarah Cote Hampson
Evelyn M. Simien*
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, University of Connecticut
Sarah Cote Hampson
Affiliation:
Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington Tacoma
*
*Corresponding author: Evelyn M. Simien, Department of Political Science and Institute for Africana Studies, University of Connecticut, 365 Fairfield Way, Unit 1024, Storrs, Connecticut 06269. E-mail: evelyn.simien@uconn.edu
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Abstract

Using data from the 2008 American National Election Studies (ANES) time series, and the 2008 ANES panel wave, this study examines whether the intragroup emotions Hillary Clinton elicits—gender affinity and pride—are predictive of political engagement for the group she represents: women voters. We focus on voters who report having participated in the primaries and the range of potential voters who proselytize during the primary season and express an intention to vote in the general election. Contrary to the conclusion one might reasonably draw—that is, women rather than men would be more likely to support Clinton—the real question is: which women?

Keywords

Hillary ClintonSymbolic EmpowermentRepresentationIntragroup EmotionPrideGender AffinityGroup Consciousness
Type
State of the Art
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Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , Spring 2017 , pp. 93 - 116
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Copyright © Hutchins Center for African and African American Research 2017 

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