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Despite the abundance of electoral research, a recurring finding is that Asian-Americans in multivariate analyses are less likely to vote compared to all other Americans. Yet Asians have high levels of education and income, the strongest predictors of voting behavior. This article goes beyond individual-level characteristics and examines how the ways in which Asian-Americans are connected to communities moderate individual-level characteristics and influence their electoral participation. Using hierarchical generalized linear modeling, variability in Asian-American voting behavior is studied with 2000 Current Population Survey voting data and county data primarily from the 2000 U.S. Census. The main findings are that social integration, either by highly assimilating communities or through ethnic organizing, facilitates political incorporation and electoral participation. Where neither condition exists, Asian-Americans are less likely to vote.

We review the literature that identifies selection bias in media-based data & propose a theoretical model of the sources of these biases. Given the implications for validity & reliability, we conclude that newspaper data often do not reach acceptable standards for event analysis & that using them can distort findings & misguide theorizing. Furthermore, media selection biases are resistant to correction procedures largely because they are unstable across media sources, time, & location. We end with a plea for more circumspect approaches to media data that fully & openly consider the implications of their inherent limitations. Tables, Figures, References. Adapted from the source document.