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Immigrants, Evangelicals, and Politics in an Era of Demographic Change Paperback – June 5, 2018

by Janelle S. Wong (Author)

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As immigration from Asia and Latin America reshapes the demographic composition of the U.S., some analysts have anticipated the decline of conservative white evangelicals’ influence in politics. Yet, Donald Trump captured a larger share of the white evangelical vote in the 2016 election than any candidate in the previous four presidential elections. Why has the political clout of white evangelicals persisted at a time of increased racial and ethnic diversity? In Immigrants, Evangelicals, and Politics in an Era of Demographic Change, political scientist Janelle Wong examines a new generation of Asian American and Latino evangelicals and offers an account of why demographic change has not contributed to a political realignment.

Asian Americans and Latinos currently constitute 13 percent of evangelicals, and their churches are among the largest, fastest growing organizations in their communities. While evangelical identity is associated with conservative politics, Wong draws from national surveys and interviews to show that non-white evangelicals express political attitudes that are significantly less conservative than those of their white counterparts. Black, Asian American, and Latino evangelicals are much more likely to support policies such as expanded immigration rights, increased taxation of the wealthy, and government interventions to slow climate change. As Wong argues, non-white evangelicals’ experiences as members of racial or ethnic minority groups often lead them to adopt more progressive political views compared to their white counterparts.

However, despite their growth in numbers, non-white evangelicals—particularly Asian Americans and Latinos—are concentrated outside of swing states, have lower levels of political participation than white evangelicals, and are less likely to be targeted by political campaigns. As a result, white evangelicals dominate the evangelical policy agenda and are overrepresented at the polls. Also, many white evangelicals have adopted even more conservative political views in response to rapid demographic change, perceiving, for example, that discrimination against Christians now rivals discrimination against racial and ethnic minorities.

Wong demonstrates that immigrant evangelicals are neither “natural” Republicans nor “natural” Democrats. By examining the changing demographics of the evangelical movement, Immigrants, Evangelicals, and Politics in an Era of Demographic Change sheds light on an understudied constituency that has yet to find its political home.

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“Immigrants are not necessarily liberals, and religion is a large factor in predicting immigrant conservatism. These points are often overlooked by scholars and policymakers alike, and Janelle Wong’s path-breaking work shines much needed light on the ways in which religion—particularly evangelical Christianity—shapes immigrants’ politics, with considerable implications for the future of American party coalitions.”

—Michael Jones-Correa, professor of political science, University of Pennsylvania

“This is the perfect time for this important book. With evangelicals again in the bright political spotlight over their role in electing Donald Trump, it is essential to understand Janelle Wong’s exploration of evangelical religion, interests, and identities. Evangelical is clearly not a synonym for white Republican. But the steady diversification of evangelicalism will not necessarily entail a moderation of white evangelical politics either. There is fascinating work to be done on how people wrestle with competing racial and religious identities and Wong’s Immigrants, Evangelicals, and Politics in an Era of Demographic Change paves the way.”

—Paul A. Djupe, associate professor of political science, Denison University

About the Author

Janelle S. Wong is professor of American studies at the University of Maryland.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Russell Sage Foundation; 1st edition (June 5, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 144 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0871548933
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0871548931
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.7 x 9 inches

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Phil N.

You Cannot Understand the Future of Evangelicals in Politics Without This Book

Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2018

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Prof. Janelle Wong’s “Immigrants, Evangelicals, and Politics in an Era of Demographic Change” (Russell Sage Foundation, 2018) is the best book I have seen that explores the political impact of the growing Asian American and Latinx Christian evangelical communities. Her multimethod approach - combining site visits, in-depth interviews, and systematic analysis of a 2016 Collaborative Multiracial Post-Election Survey (CMES) - should be required reading for everyone interested in American politics, the rise of religion in politics, and race relations in America.

White evangelical support for President Trump has been seen as key to his 2016 victory, but Prof. Wong analyzes the important ways that non-White evangelicals differ from their White counterparts, and makes predictions about the growing influence of non-White evangelicals in upcoming elections. Non-White evangelicals define the “us" and “them” notions of group boundaries more broadly than their White counterparts, because they have more non-Christian friends and relatives. White evangelicals tend to have more association between their religious identification and political affiliation, and are more likely to have “in-group embattlement” feelings that lead them to want to defend the U.S. from what they perceive as attacks on the U.S. as a white, Christian nation. Overall, except for the abortion and marriage equality issues, non-White evangelicals are more progressive than even White non-evangelicals on immigration, social services, and other issues, indicating that making predictions about how “evangelicals” will vote in 2018 or beyond is futile unless the nuances described by Prof. Wong are taken into account. Read it for more details!

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greenejm

A Crucial Look at Race, Religion, and American Politics

Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2018

This is a stunning analysis of the connection between the political views of evangelicals and demographic change by a political scientist at the top of her game. As Janelle Wong notes, both the politics of evangelicals and U.S. demographic change since 1965 have received much attention, but few scholars have examined the connections between them. Her book analyzes the growing number of Asian American, African American and Latinx evangelicals as well as their white counterparts. Wong is particularly interested to see how race is shaping politics among these different groups. Wong demonstrates that demographic change is not transforming political coalitions as rapidly as some expected because of the ways that race and racial anxieties are generating a highly conservative political outlook among white evangelicals. In addition she lays out how and why white evangelicals have been able to exercise remarkable political power within the GOP. Sharply analyzed, methodologically innovative, and well written, this is a crucial book for understanding American politics.

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M. Michelson

Keen Insights into Evangelical Politics

Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2018

In this book, Dr. Wong provides solid analyses of public opinion data about White Evangelicals and what is driving their political attitudes and behavior, including their overwhelming support for Trump. Spoiler alert: it’s racism. Compared to other Whites, White Evangelicals are more conservative on policy issues, and 80 percent of them voted for Trump. They’re much more likely to believe immigration is bad for the economy and more conservative on racial issues, environmental issues, and economic issues. That’s all pretty interesting, but here’s the twist: this conservativism seems to derive from the growing diversity of the Evangelical community: more and more Latinos and Asian Americans are identifying as Evangelicals, and that is generating feelings of anti-White discrimination among White Evangelicals. What I found most interesting about Dr. Wong’s book is her look to the future politics of this community. Today, White Evangelicals dominate, but over time the Evangelical community may reflect the very different policy and political preferences of their growing numbers of Asian American and Latino members. Read the book, and stay tuned!

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EFC

No one knows the politics of immigration like Janelle Wong

Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2018

This book is THE book for understanding a critical demographic that will help decide upcoming elections. Janelle Wong skillfully weaves together multimethod insights into a study of an frequently-ignored group in American politics: evangelical immigrants. In the era of Trump-supporting white evangelical power, and also growing immigrant voter power, people who want to make predictions about American politics must read this book.

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