tribal language averaged -0.91 on the party ID scale (-3 = strong Democrat and 3 = strong Republican), the 114 who speak only a few word averaged -.31, the 50 who speak some averaged -0.26, and the 17 who are proficient averaged -0.43. This may indicate that the language measure is not measuring how one's attachment to one's heritage affects their party identification. Unfortunately we are not sure what that might be measuring. Our measure of lineage, number of grandparents who are thought to be American Indian, had a significant effect on party identification but not in the expected direction. The more American Indian grandparents an individual has, the more likely the individual is to be a Republican, not a Democrat. American Indians with one American Indian grandparent had a 0.23 probability of being a strong Democrat and 0.49 probability of being a Democrat, compared to 0.13 and 0.33 for those with four American Indian grandparents. To better understand the effects of individuals' attachment to their heritage on party identification, we simplify the party identification variable, creating a three-point scale for Democrat (coded as -1), Independent (coded as 0) and Republican (coded as 1) and estimate a multinomial logistic regression. We use Democrat as the base category since we are interested in the effects of heritage on identifying with the Democratic one’s Party. The results of this analysis are presented in Table 3. These results tend to confirm the previous results suggesting that individuals' attachment to their American Indian heritage affects their support for the Democratic Party not for parties generally. [Insert Table 3 here] None of the variables significantly distinguish Democrats from Independents, but many do distinguish Democrats from Republicans. The results for racial categorization
tribal language averaged -0.91 on the party ID scale (-3 = strong Democrat and 3 = strong Republican), the 114 who speak only a few word averaged -.31, the 50 who speak some averaged -0.26, and the 17 who are proficient averaged -0.43. This may indicate that the language measure is not measuring how one's attachment to one's heritage affects their party identification. Unfortunately we are not sure what that might be measuring. Our measure of lineage, number of grandparents who are thought to be American Indian, had a significant effect on party identification but not in the expected direction. The more American Indian grandparents an individual has, the more likely the individual is to be a Republican, not a Democrat. American Indians with one American Indian grandparent had a 0.23 probability of being a strong Democrat and 0.49 probability of being a Democrat, compared to 0.13 and 0.33 for those with four American Indian grandparents. To better understand the effects of individuals' attachment to their heritage on party identification, we simplify the party identification variable, creating a three-point scale for Democrat (coded as -1), Independent (coded as 0) and Republican (coded as 1) and estimate a multinomial logistic regression. We use Democrat as the base category since we are interested in the effects of one’s heritage on identifying with the Democratic Party. The results of this analysis are presented in Table 3. These results tend to confirm the previous results suggesting that individuals' attachment to their American Indian heritage affects their support for the Democratic Party not for parties generally. [Insert Table 3 here] None of the variables significantly distinguish Democrats from Independents, but many do distinguish Democrats from Republicans. The results for racial categorization
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