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Racism and the Older Voter? Arizona's Rejection of a Paid Holiday to Honor Martin Luther King.
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Kastenbaum, Robert – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1991
Questions whether defeat of propositions to establish paid Martin Luther King holiday in Arizona was example of racism among primarily White senior adult voters of the state. Proposes three models to account for general pattern of election-related behavior and for vote itself: proactive racist; pragmatic self-interest; and fortress mentality.…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Holidays, Models, Older Adults