摘要 : This study examines the political attitudinal profile of Latinos in the contemporary United States and the implications of Latinos' political connectedness for their electoral participation. Relying on data from The Washington Pos... 展开 This study examines the political attitudinal profile of Latinos in the contemporary United States and the implications of Latinos' political connectedness for their electoral participation. Relying on data from The Washington Post/Henry J. Kaiser Foundation/Harvard University National Survey on Latinos in America (1999), it considers Latinos' levels of efficacy, trust in government, civic duty, attention to politics, and strength of partisanship and whether these differ from those of Anglos. The study also assesses what factors structure these political attitudes and the impact of these attitudes on voter registration and turnout among the registered. Controlling for social location and circumstances, Latinos are distinctive in their political attitudinal profile. Hispanic Americans are more trusting of the federal government and more externally efficacious than are Anglos but also are associated with lower levels of internal efficacy and civic duty and pay less attention to politics. Attachment to a political party is a powerful predictor of Latinos' likelihood of registering and turning out to vote. On balance, Hispanic Americans do not suffer from a marked political resource deficit as a consequence of their attitudinal profile. 收起