Gender, race, and the state legislature: A research note on the double disadvantage hypothesis

Moncrief, Gary; Thompson, Joel A.; Schuhmann, Robert A.

doi:10.1016/0362-3319(91)90025-y

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“…There are two potential outcomes of note. The first is that such candidates may be subject to both gender and racial stereotypes, which could produce a double disadvantage in their quest for elected office (Moncrief et al, 1991). On the other hand, growing evidence suggests that the gender gap in office holding is smaller among visible minorities than among non-minorities (Bejarano, 2013; Bird, 2011; Celis et al, 2014; Scola, 2007, 2013).…”

Section: Gender and Ethnic Affinitiesmentioning

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Sex (And Ethnicity) in the City: Affinity Voting in the 2014 Toronto Mayoral Election

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Do women vote for women and men for men? Do visible minorities vote for minority candidates, and white voters for white candidates? And what happens when a minority woman appears on the ballot? This study tests for the presence of gender and ethnic affinity voting in the Toronto mayoral election of 2014, where Olivia Chow was the only woman and only visible minority candidate among the three major contenders. Our analysis, which draws on a survey of eligible Toronto voters, is the first to examine the interactive effects of sex and ethnicity on vote choice in Canada in the context of a non-partisan election and in a non-experimental manner. We find strong evidence of ethnic affinity voting and show that Chow received stronger support from ethnic Chinese voters than from other minority groups. Our results also reveal that gender was related to vote choice but only when connected with race.

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Section: Gender and Ethnic Affinitiesmentioning

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Sex (And Ethnicity) in the City: Affinity Voting in the 2014 Toronto Mayoral Election

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“…Evidence is limited and inconclusive as to the impact of race on billpassage success and formal leadership positions. While Bratton and Haynie (1999) found that African-American legislators in three of the six states they studied were significantly less likely than white legislators to get their legislation enacted (p. 658), other studies have discerned no significant differences in legislative success based on race (Hamel et al 1983;Moncrief et al 1991) or leadership success. Nevertheless, the dearth of minorities in many state legislatures does not prevent them from influencing in ways other than formal leadership positions or bill-passage (Parry and Miller 2006).…”

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Women and Men's Legislative Success in the 21st Century Professional and Citizen State Legislatures

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Ellickson²

2011

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The bill-passage success of women and men legislators in professional and in citizen state legislatures is evaluated using a path analytical model. The model consists of exogenous personal, institutional, district, and state-level variables, an intervening variable of legislative leadership positions, and the direct and indirect effects of these variables on bill-passage success. With data from a 2004 survey of all fifty lower state houses compared to a similar 1992 nationwide survey of state legislators, women legislators display increased legislative positions and bill-passage in both professional and citizen state legislatures. The model predicts that institutional factors and, to a lesser extent, personal attributes are essential components for acquiring legislative positions as well as bill-passage success for women and men in both types of legislatures.

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“…For example, literature in communications has shown that African American women write and speak differently about themselves and when they write their biographies (Marshall and Mayhead, 2008). Previous research regarding the representational styles of minority women in policy making indicates that minority women may be “doubly disadvantaged” in some ways (Darcy and Hadley, 1988; Moncrief et al, 1991), facing additional pressures to represent both women and minority interests, while attempting to appeal to a wider audience. Recent scholarship convincingly disputes the double jeopardy (Beale 1979) or multiple jeopardy (King 1979) theories that purport that women of color are politically disadvantaged because of their identities as minority women (Bejarano 2013).…”

Section: Race Gender Ethnicity and Presentation Of Self: Previous mentioning

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Gershon

2016

Du Bois Rev.

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In recent decades the number of women and minorities elected to public office has increased significantly, prompting a wealth of studies examining the ways these different gender and racial identities shape elected officials’ appeals to constituents. However, much previous research focuses on representational differences among either men and women or Anglos and minorities, neglecting the intersection of race and gender. We seek to fill this void by examining differences in presentation styles among Latina and African American congresswomen, their Anglo female counterparts, and minority male peers. Relying on a detailed content analysis of the biographical pages available on U.S. Representatives’ websites, we conduct an exploratory examination of the differences in representatives’ presentation of self. Utilizing both quantitative and qualitative analysis, this paper identifies the unique ways minority congresswomen present themselves and issue positions to constituents. We conclude by considering the implications of our results for minority women holding and seeking public office.

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Gender, race, and the state legislature: A research note on the double disadvantage hypothesis

Cited by 25 publications

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Sex (And Ethnicity) in the City: Affinity Voting in the 2014 Toronto Mayoral Election

Sex (And Ethnicity) in the City: Affinity Voting in the 2014 Toronto Mayoral Election

Women and Men's Legislative Success in the 21st Century Professional and Citizen State Legislatures

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