POLISCI 391AP Lecture 1: POL Lecture 9-29
24 Oct 2016
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Different divide among democrats compared to the divide among republicans. What explains opposition to immigration: e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272) e(cid:454)pla(cid:374)atio(cid:374)s (cid:894)the(cid:455) do(cid:374)"t (cid:449)ork(cid:895, cultural explanations (a grab bag) What explains opposition to immigration: admission/right to remain for legal immigrants, path to legal status for (cid:862)illegal(cid:863) Possibilities: (cid:862)culture(cid:863) / e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272)s predicts opposition to certain types of immigrants, moralistic reaction predicts invariant support or invariant opposition ot all i(cid:373)(cid:373)igra(cid:374)ts, or all (cid:862)illegal" i(cid:373)(cid:373)igra(cid:374)ts. Respondents see profiles of immigrants: ea(cid:272)h respo(cid:374)de(cid:374)t sees differe(cid:374)t profiles (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) a group of either (cid:862)legal(cid:863), (cid:862)illegal(cid:863), or (cid:862)dreamer(cid:863) (cid:894)de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, relief & edu(cid:272)atio(cid:374) for alie(cid:374) mi(cid:374)ors(cid:895) Vary characteristics: (1) formal education, (2) legal status of spouse/children, (3) employment history in us, (4) english language proficiency, (5) country of origin, (6) clientele for job, (7) religion, (8) years living in us. Categorical opposition accounts for legal status opinion gap: overall approval rates were 33% for illegal, 45% for legal this means the per(cid:272)e(cid:374)tage of i(cid:373)(cid:373)igra(cid:374)ts" profiles (cid:272)hose(cid:374) for i(cid:374)(cid:272)lusio(cid:374)
