Physische Attraktivität und Wahlerfolg. Eine empirische Analyse am Beispiel der Wahlkreiskandidaten bei der Bundestagswahl 2002

Klein, Markus; Rosar, Ulrich

doi:10.1007/s11615-005-0249-2

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“…In Finnish national elections, Berggren, Jordahl and Poutvaara (2006) found that a one standard deviation increase in beauty implies an increase of 2.5–2.8 percentage points in the voteshare of female candidates and 1.5–2.1 percentage points for male candidates. In German national elections, Klein and Rosar (2005) found that a one standard deviation increase in beauty was associated with a 1.5 percentage point increase in voteshare for female candidates and 0.6 percentage points for male candidates. Yet while the magnitude of the effects is quite similar across the three countries, the difference in Australia is that the marginal effect of beauty is smaller for male candidates than for female candidates.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Beautiful Politicians

King

Leigh

2009

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Are beautiful politicians more likely to be elected? To test this, we use evidence from Australia, a country in which voting is compulsory, and in which voters are given 'How-to-Vote' cards, depicting photos of the major party candidates, as they arrive to vote. Using raters chosen to be representative of the electorate, we assess the beauty of political candidates from major political parties, and then estimate the effect of beauty on voteshare for candidates in the 2004 federal election. Beautiful candidates are indeed more likely to be elected, with a one standard deviation increase in beauty associated with a 1 �- 2 percentage point increase in voteshare. Our results are robust to several specification checks: adding party fixed effects, dropping well-known politicians, using non-Australian beauty raters, omitting candidates of non-Anglo appearance, controlling for age, and analyzing the 'beauty gap' between candidates running in the same electorate. The marginal effect of beauty is larger for male candidates than for female candidates, and appears to be approximately linear. Consistent with the theory that returns to beauty reflect discrimination, we find suggestive evidence that beauty matters more in electorates with a higher share of apathetic voters. Copyright 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Beautiful Politicians

King

Leigh

2009

Kyklos

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“…This finding appears to be robust across countries, cultures, and contexts, including in elections. Attractive candidates have been shown to win more votes in elections to the national parliaments of Australia (King & Leigh, 2006), Finland (Berggren, Jordahl, & Poutvaara, 2006) and Germany (Klein & Rosar, 2005). In the US, candidates whose faces were judged to be more competent won more votes in actual elections (Todorov, Mandisodza, Goren, & Hall, 2005).…”

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Is voting skin-deep? Estimating the effect of candidate ballot photographs on election outcomes

Leigh

Susilo

2009

Journal of Economic Psychology

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a b s t r a c tIn the Northern Territory, Australia, ballot papers for territory elections depict candidates' photographs. We exploit this unusual electoral feature by looking at the effect that candidates' beauty and skin color has on voting patterns. Our results for beauty are mixed, but we find strong evidence that skin color matters. In electorates with a small Indigenous population, lighter-skinned candidates receive more votes, while in electorates with a high number of Indigenous people, darker-skinned candidates are rewarded at the ballot box. The relationship between skin color and electoral performance is stronger for challengers than incumbents. We explain this with a model in which voters use skin color as a proxy for some underlying characteristic which they value only to the extent that they share the trait.

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“…Some evidence exists on elections and beauty, with researchers finding a positive effect of beauty in elections to become an officer of the American Economic Association (Hamermesh 2006) or a member of a British community board (Banducci et al 2003). In national elections, more beautiful candidates have been found to do better in elections to the national parliaments of Finland (Berggren, Jordahl and Poutvaara 2006) and Germany (Klein and Rosar 2005). In the US, candidates whose faces were judged to be more competent won more votes in actual elections (Todorov et al 2005).…”

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