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Introduction: The Puzzle of Latino Partisanship

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The introduction to the book presents the increasing importance of Latinos in national politics. Both parties must appeal to Latinos in order to win political contests in the near and distant future. While exploring some of the existing theories of partisanship, the author proposes to readers that a group-based approach is best suited to understand immigrant partisanship. The author makes the case that partisanship is pivotal to politics in the USA and that the theory developed in the book is equally applicable to other minority groups that are closely linked to immigration and can be generalized.

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Saavedra Cisneros, A. (2017). Introduction: The Puzzle of Latino Partisanship. In: Latino Identity and Political Attitudes. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33969-6_1

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