TY - JOUR
T1 - Predicting electoral activism among gays and lesbians in the United States
AU - Swank, Eric
AU - Fahs, Breanne
PY - 2013/7
Y1 - 2013/7
N2 - Although battles over gay and lesbian rights have appeared prominently in political arenas, scholars have created few empirical studies on gay and lesbian activism. To address this absence, this quantitative study identified factors that inspired greater electoral engagement among gays and lesbians in the United States (n=285). After integrating "resource," "mobilizing," and "framing" variables into regressions, this study found that electoral activism was inspired by many sorts of motivators. In sum, activist tendencies were swayed by educational levels, perceptions of political potency, a desire to conceal sexual orientations, surviving hate crimes, and joining certain political groups. Interestingly, this study supported "new social movement" theories that downplay economic factors as predictors of involvement in gay and lesbian rights campaigns.
AB - Although battles over gay and lesbian rights have appeared prominently in political arenas, scholars have created few empirical studies on gay and lesbian activism. To address this absence, this quantitative study identified factors that inspired greater electoral engagement among gays and lesbians in the United States (n=285). After integrating "resource," "mobilizing," and "framing" variables into regressions, this study found that electoral activism was inspired by many sorts of motivators. In sum, activist tendencies were swayed by educational levels, perceptions of political potency, a desire to conceal sexual orientations, surviving hate crimes, and joining certain political groups. Interestingly, this study supported "new social movement" theories that downplay economic factors as predictors of involvement in gay and lesbian rights campaigns.
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U2 - 10.1111/jasp.12095
DO - 10.1111/jasp.12095
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84880327637
VL - 43
SP - 1382
EP - 1393
JO - Journal of Applied Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Social Psychology
SN - 0021-9029
IS - 7
ER -