The Relationship Between Immigration and Political Trust in the United States Among Eligible Voters Surveyed in 2020

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Allie Pae

I am a junior double majoring in Government (American politics) and History. On campus, I am in Wesleyan’s Asian American Studies Working Group, work as a student office assistant in the Romance Languages and Literatures Department, and did research in my professor’s lab on international organizations. I am also writing a senior history thesis on American tourism in Thailand! 

Abstract: This study looked to explore the relationship between birthplace and political trust using responses from the American National Election Studies (ANES) 2020 survey. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) revealed that birthplace and political trust were significantly associated, with a p-value less than 0.05 and F of 13.26. Post hoc comparisons of mean political trust score by birthplace revealed that respondents born outside of the US have significantly higher levels of political trust compared to those born in the US. Post hoc tests also showed that there is a significant difference between those born in a US territory and those born in the US (p=0.001). However, there is not a significant difference between those born in a US territory and those born outside the US (p=0.092). After controlling for race and party registration, birthplace is still significantly associated with political trust for individuals born in the US (p= 2.2 x 10^(-16)), born in a US territory (p=0.0038), and born outside the US (p=0.029).

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