RACIAL-ATTITUDES AND VOTING-BEHAVIOR IN THE 1988 NATIONAL ELECTIONS -LIBERALS VERSUS CONSERVATIVES

To further investigate liberals versus conservatives, data on racial a ttitudes are related to voting behavior in the 1988 national elections for President of the United States and for races for the U.S. Senate and for the House of Representatives. The sample size ranged from 537 to 1,154 people surveyed in a national representative sample of voters . Results link conservatism to belief that the government should not h elp blacks and/or that the civil rights movement is pushing too fast f or their goals. Liberals are more favorable to helping blacks. The dat a are consistent with previous findings linking conservatism and preju dice, and contradict the view that racial attitudes do not relate to b ehavior.