There Can Be Only One (Woman on the Ticket): Gender in Candidate Nominations

Hennings, Valerie M.; Urbatsch, R.

doi:10.1007/s11109-014-9290-4

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“…Consequently, voters are likely to have a threshold for the level of diversity they are willing to accept. This threshold is suggested by research on the acceptable representation of women in elections (Ditonto and Andersen, 2018; Hennings and Urbatsch, 2015), as well as recent evidence regarding the impact of the triple intersection of gender, race and sexual orientation (Magni and Reynolds, 2018):…”

Section: Diversity: Within and Acrossmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As a consequence, women are more likely to be 'sacrificial lambs', i.e. more likely than men to be the party's candidate in districts where their party has little chance of winning (Thomas and Bodet, 2013), and more frequently have male running mates (Hennings and Urbatsch, 2015). If this is a bias present in party elites, it will be even more so among the citizenry which is often less cosmopolitan by comparison (Strijbis et al, 2019).…”

Section: Preferences For Two Leaders Vs One Leadermentioning

confidence: 99%

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Do political duos diminish discriminatory voter preferences? Evidence from a combined conjoint experiment

López Ortega

2023

European Union Politics

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In Europe, more and more parties and governments are led by a pair of leaders. What consequences does the presence of duos have on voter preferences? I argue that voters have less discriminatory preferences against untraditional candidates when they choose two leaders instead of only one. However, discriminatory preferences do not entirely vanish; rather, traditionally excluded candidates are often relegated to secondary positions, and there exists a certain threshold of tolerated ticket diversity. Through a novel combined conjoint experiment, I find relative support for this conjecture, especially in the case of ethnic minority candidates. In view of the increasing number of new types of leadership, the results of this study have important implications for the study of political behaviour and elite diversity.

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Section: Diversity: Within and Acrossmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Preferences For Two Leaders Vs One Leadermentioning

confidence: 99%

Do political duos diminish discriminatory voter preferences? Evidence from a combined conjoint experiment

López Ortega

2023

European Union Politics

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“…We also test the effects of the quota or parity legislation on the proportion of female candidates running for uninominal elections. An increase in such a proportion can be seen as indirect evidence of an increase in the political power of women within their political parties, 7 leading to an increase in the probability of them being selected as candidates for uninominal elections (Franceschet & Piscopo, 2014; Hennings & Urbatsch, 2015; Prihatini, 2019; Roza et al, 2010). Still, it is a long causal chain, and our empirical measure of the political power of women (the proportion of female candidates) is very noisy.…”

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Spillover effects of quota or parity laws: The case of Ecuador women mayors

Basabe‐Serrano

Pérez

2022

Latin American Policy

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This article considers whether quota or parity laws designed to improve the representation of women in plurinominal elections have a spillover effect to uninominal elections. It tests empirically the effects of quota and parity legislations implemented in Ecuador for plurinominal elections on the proportion of women elected as mayors. Based on an unpublished database, our results show that, after the implementation of such legislation, the probability of a woman being elected as mayor almost doubles (ceteris paribus). We also find evidence that a possible causal chain effect of the documented spillover effects is the increasing importance of female role models, motivated by institutional changes shaped by the new legislation.

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“…The term is especially used when discussing majoritarian elections, where parties may nominate a candidate to contest a race it does not expect to win due to a strong incumbent and/or limited party support (Canon, 1993;Kaplan, Park and Ridout, 2006;Roscoe et al, 2006;Thomas and Bodet, 2013;Wilcox, 1987). The term has also been widely used in the gender and politics literature to better understand (the absence of) party support for women politicians, with mixed results (Davidson-Schmich, 2010;Dolan, 2006;Hennings and Urbatsch, 2014;Ondercin and Welch, 2009;Studlar and Matland, 1996;Thomas and Bodet, 2013;Welch et al, 1985).…”

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Extreme non-viable candidates and quota maneuvering in Brazilian legislative elections

Wylie

Santos²,

Marcelino

2019

Opin. Publica

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This article explores the causes and consequences of extreme non-viable candidacies, also known as “ laranja ” (orange) candidacies in the Brazilian political lore. We first define and delineate what makes a candidate a laranja, engaging the comparative literature on sacrificial lambs and using district-level electoral results to operationalize the concept. We then advance a typology of laranjas with four ideal types that vary along dimensions of legality and intentionality. Next, we apply descriptive statistics and a hierarchical logistic regression model to explore the individual, party, and district-level characteristics of extreme non-viable candidates and assess whether and how laranjas are distinct from non- laranjas. Finally, we illustrate the gendered character of laranjas, documenting how the candidate gender quota law in Brazil has been associated with a proliferation of candidatas laranjas (women extreme non-viable candidates).

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There Can Be Only One (Woman on the Ticket): Gender in Candidate Nominations

Cited by 25 publications

References 58 publications

Do political duos diminish discriminatory voter preferences? Evidence from a combined conjoint experiment

Do political duos diminish discriminatory voter preferences? Evidence from a combined conjoint experiment

Spillover effects of quota or parity laws: The case of Ecuador women mayors

Extreme non-viable candidates and quota maneuvering in Brazilian legislative elections

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