A High Bar or a Double Standard? Gender, Competence, and Information in Political Campaigns

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Tessa Ditonto
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[1] Iowa State University,
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Political Behavior | 2017年 / 39卷
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Gender; Stereotypes; Information processing; Impression formation; Voting behavior; Candidate evaluation;
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This study seeks to determine whether subjects in two dynamic process tracing experiments react differently to information related to a candidate’s competence when that candidate is a woman, vs. when he is a man. I find that subjects evaluate a candidate whose competence is in doubt less favorably, and are less likely to vote for the candidate, when she is a woman. In general, evaluations of women seem to be influenced much more by information related to their competence than are evaluations of men. I also find that competence as portrayed by the composition of a candidate’s facial features does not alter this relationship. My findings suggest that gender-based stereotypes may have an indirect effect on candidate evaluations and vote choice by influencing how voters react to information about them.
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