Table 4.

Explaining the Latino/White Divide in Public Opinion, Electoral Behavior

	Aff. action	Aid to blacks	Fair jobs	Death penalty	Vote Obama
Raw divide	0.121	0.143	0.197	0.127	0.272
Divide after simulating change in:	0.123	0.148	0.219	0.148	0.270
Party identification	0.103	0.128	0.177	0.128	0.173
Principles	0.108	0.128	0.146	0.141	0.235
Age	0.120	0.149	0.179	0.143	0.241
Income	0.119	0.143	0.192	0.142	0.269
Education	0.116	0.162	0.187	0.180	0.244
Net divide	0.077	0.104	0.142	0.131	0.066

Source.—2008 American National Election Studies. Simulations calculated using observed values for independent variables and coefficients from online appendix 8, with the independent variable of interest (e.g., party identification) set to the Latino mean value for all respondents. The net divide is the remaining racial divide in opinion after all simulations are conducted at once.