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Bueker finds that naturalizing and voting are distinct processes. Level of education, income, and length
of eligibility, predict both processes, but an immigrant?s country of origin frequently overrides these other
characteristics and works differently in each. Immigrants from countries with the highest likelihood of
naturalizing tend to have the lowest odds of voter turnout, while those immigrants from countries with the
lowest odds of citizenship acquisition are the most likely to vote, once naturalized. Further, country of
origin matters as much for how it interacts with other key characteristics, such as education and income,
as for the independent influence it exerts on these two political processes.
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