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Vincent Hutchings

Professor
Research Associate Professor, Center for Political Studies
Ph.D., UCLA

4267 ISR
426 Thmpston Street
(734) 764-6591
vincenth@umich.edu

Research Interests:


Professor Hutchings' general interests include public opinion, elections, voting behavior, and African American politics. He recently published a book at Princeton University Press entitled "Public Opinion and Democratic Accountability: How Citizens Learn About Politics," that focuses on how, and under what circumstances, citizens monitor (and consequently influence) their elected representative's voting behavior. In addition to this project, Professor Hutchings also studies how the size of the African American constituency in congressional districts can influence legislative responsiveness to Black interests. The most recent product of this research has been published in the Journal of Politics. Finally, he is also interested in the ways that campaign communications can "prime" various group identities and subsequently affect candidate evaluations. This study examines how campaign communications can subtly---and not so subtly---prime voter's racial (and other group-based) attitudes and subsequently affect their political decisions. Research from this project, co-authored with Professor Nicholas Valentino and Ismail White, has been published in the American Political Science Review. Professor Hutchings & Professor Valentino are currently developing this project into a book-length manuscript.

Selected Publications

  • "Cues That Matter: How Political Ads Prime Racial Attitudes During Campaigns," American Political Science Review, 96(1): 75-90. 2002. With Nicholas Valentino and Ismail White.
  • "Congressional Representation of Black Interests: Recognizing the Importance of Stability. " Forthcoming at the Journal of Politics. With Harwood McClerking and Guy-Uriel Charles.
  • "Political Context, Issue Salience, and Selective Attentiveness: Constituent Knowledge of the Clarence Thomas Confirmation Vote." The Journal of Politics 63(3):846-868.
  • "Perceptions of Racial Group Competition: Extending Blumer's Theory of Group Position to a Multiracial Social Context," with Lawrence Bobo. American Sociological Review 61:951-72.
  • "Issue Salience and Support for Civil Rights Legislation Among Southern Democrats." Legislative Studies Quarterly. 23(4):521-544 1998.

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