@article{CHE2022103652,
title = {Did trade liberalization with China influence US
elections?},
journal = {Journal of International Economics},
volume = {139},
pages = {103652},
year = {2022},
issn = {0022-1996},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2022.103652},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022199622000848},
author = {Yi Che and Yi Lu and Justin R. Pierce and Peter K. Schott
and Zhigang Tao},
keywords = {Trade liberalization, Elections, China},
abstract = {We examine election voting and legislators’ roll-call
votes in the United States over a twenty-five year period. Voters in
areas more exposed to trade liberalization with China in 2000
subsequently shift their support toward Democrats, relative to the
1990s, though this boost for Democrats wanes after the rise of the
Tea Party in 2010. House members’ votes in Congress rationalize
these trends, with Democratic representatives disproportionately
supporting protection during the early 2000s. Together, these
results imply that voters in areas subject to higher import
competition shifted votes toward the party more likely to restrict
trade.}
}