The end of the all-male party? Voter preferences for gender representation in political parties

Wäckerle, Jens

doi:10.1080/17457289.2022.2120885

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“…Such candidate valence factors may also subsume that a politician from the voter's geographic area will be better equipped to represent that area's material interests (e.g., by allocating particularistic goods (Eulau and Karps 1977;Golden and Min 2013)). Finally, voters may have a preference for balanced descriptive representation at the aggregate level (Cowley 2013;Campbell and Heath 2017;Wäckerle 2023).…”

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How does information affect vote choice in open-list PR systems?

Quoß,

Rudolph,

Däubler

2024

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List proportional representation with candidate voting can facilitate policy representation in multiple dimensions, but candidates with deviating positions may actually not benefit if cues such as shared socio-demographics drive candidate choice instead. Does this use of cues reflect a lack of policy-related information or a preference for descriptive representation? We study this question in a real-world context, using a survey-embedded experiment that emulates actual vote choice, shortly after the 2019 Swiss elections. We vary the level of information on candidates' policy positions in zero, one or two dimensions (left-right, environmental protection). As expected, we find that spatial proximity voting increases with better information on the secondary dimension (but not on the first one). Same-gender and same-age voting slightly decrease when more information is available. The preference for local candidates remains strong.Our results inform debates regarding citizens' preferences for different types of representation and how electoral systems moderate their expression.

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How does information affect vote choice in open-list PR systems?

Quoß,

Rudolph,

Däubler

2024

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“…Additionally, there is evidence that voters prefer gender equal distributions in politics. For example, using data for five European countries,Wäckerle (2022) shows that voters favour political parties with an equal distribution of female and male candidates over parties with an unequal distribution, both with a female leader. Various similar studies show that voters prefer equal gender distributions in politics(Sanbonmatsu, 2003;Dolan, 2008;Fernández and Valiente, 2021).…”

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Inequality and Redistribution: Essays on Local Elections, Gender and Corruption in Developing Countries

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Persistent economic and political inequalities in developing countries have intensified public debates about the causes of inequality and the implementation of redistributive policies. While inequality and redistribution are outcomes of political processes and institutions, this thesis aims to address understudied aspects of political partisanship, gender, and corruption, and their impact on inequality and redistribution in Bolivia, Brazil, and Tanzania. This thesis provides a comprehensive perspective on inequality, encompassing income and wealth distribution (economic inequality) and the distribution of political power between genders (political inequality). The thesis uses a combination of novel (quasi-)experimental methods, survey data col-lection in Brazil and Tanzania, and innovative data collection in Bolivia using nighttime satellite data and election forensics. To enable causal inference, the thesis uses survey experiments, and a regression discontinuity design to provide insights into the political economy of these countries. The findings of this thesis offer several important contributions to the political economy literature. On the supply side, the findings reveal the impact of local government partisan-ship on poverty and economic inequalities. On the demand side, the findings offer insights into voter evaluations of local candidates involved in corruption, promoting pro-poor policies, with strong ties to firms, and their gender. By examining both the demand and supply sides of redistribution, the thesis provides a comprehensive understanding of the factors contributing to persistent economic and political inequalities. The insights from this thesis have significant implications for developing effective policy interventions. By analysing the complex relationship between voter support for political candidates, redistribution and affirmative action policies, this research contributes to a broader understanding of why high economic and political inequality and low redistribu-tion coexist in developing countries. The empirical evidence offers valuable insights for political economy research in developing countries, emphasising the relevance of local level granular data for addressing inequality and promoting sustainable development.

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