Trends in migrant and ethnic minority voting in Australia: Findings from the Australian election study

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Pietsch, J
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2017
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A review of the research literature on migrant voting in Australia shows that the “ethnic vote” has almost disappeared now that migrants tend to vote in a similar way to the rest of the population according to traditional class cleavages. In addition, it is argued that migrants in Australia predominantly reside in safe Labor seats that are represented by cabinet or shadow cabinet ministers. As such their group-based interests are often neglected by the major parties. Using findings from the ABS census and the 1993-2013 AES, this article reexamines whether there is a migrant vote, and if so, the extent to which migrant voting patterns have changed since the 1990s when the migrant and ethnic vote reached its peak. This study reveals patterns of migrant voting among certain birthplace subgroups that are more volatile than in previous decades but at the same time distinctive.

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Ethnic and Racial Studies

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40

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14

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Political science

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Pietsch, J, Trends in migrant and ethnic minority voting in Australia: Findings from the Australian election study, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2017, 40 (14), pp. 2463-2480

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