Understanding Electability: The Effects of Implicit and Explicit Sexism on Candidate Perceptions

Britzman, Kylee; Mehić-Parker, Joel

doi:10.1080/1554477x.2023.2155773

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“…This fact has been used as justification for utilizing list experiments in previous studies about voters’ willingness to support a woman for president (Burden et al, 2017; Streb et al, 2008). Specific to the 2020 Democratic primary, the relative success of women candidates was frequently attributed to the sexism of individual primary voters (explicit sexism) or their fear that others’ sexist views would prevent a qualified candidate from winning against President Trump (implicit sexism) (Britzman & Mehić-Parker, 2023; Lucas & Ossoff, 2021; Thomson-DeVeaux, 2019). We opted to utilize real candidate names rather than fictional or hypothetical matchups because as our results in Table 1 confirm - indicating support for a woman president in the abstract is different than when faced with a real choice (Dolan, 2014).…”

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When Push Comes to Shove: An Experimental Analysis of Voter Support of a Woman President and the 2024 Nomination

Tadevich,

Hutson,

Shufeldt

2024

American Politics Research

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A woman has not yet shattered the “hardest, highest glass ceiling” of the American presidency. Our research answers two questions: Which groups are more likely to believe electing a woman president to be historically important? (R1), and When a presidential election is at stake, who is likely to support a woman candidate? (R2). Using observational data ( n = 1075), our findings indicate that women, people who recognize sexism within politics, Democrats, and liberals are more likely to view a woman president as historic. Utilizing a list experiment of hypothetical 2024 presidential matchups, few who claimed to view a woman president as historic were willing to cast a vote in their favor. When push came to shove, Democratic women were the group most likely to vote for a woman presidential candidate. As parties look toward the future, this study offers insight into how voters respond to potential nominees and who parties will nominate.

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When Push Comes to Shove: An Experimental Analysis of Voter Support of a Woman President and the 2024 Nomination

Tadevich,

Hutson,

Shufeldt

2024

American Politics Research

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It’s not me, it’s you? Reexamining how perceived sexism impacts candidate electability

Simas

2024

Politics, Groups, and Identities

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Is the Future Female? Lessons from a Conjoint Experiment on Voter Preferences in Six Arab Countries

Lust,

Benstead

2024

Comparative Political Studies

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Despite growing evidence of pro-female bias in the electorate elsewhere, conventional wisdom holds that voters in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) prefer male candidates, presumably due to sexism. We test this conventional wisdom using a conjoint experiment administered to over 30,000 respondents in six MENA countries. We find both male and female respondents are more likely to express support for female candidates and see them as more capable than their male counterparts, even in stereotypically male domains. We argue the increasing demand for political outsiders explains these results. In highlighting the importance of such changes, our study expands the application of gender congruity theory in the MENA and beyond by offering evidence that both changes in gender stereotypes (i.e., gender roles) and in what citizens desire in leaders (i.e., leader roles) reduce anti-female bias at the polls.

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Understanding Electability: The Effects of Implicit and Explicit Sexism on Candidate Perceptions

Cited by 4 publications

References 51 publications

When Push Comes to Shove: An Experimental Analysis of Voter Support of a Woman President and the 2024 Nomination

When Push Comes to Shove: An Experimental Analysis of Voter Support of a Woman President and the 2024 Nomination

It’s not me, it’s you? Reexamining how perceived sexism impacts candidate electability

Is the Future Female? Lessons from a Conjoint Experiment on Voter Preferences in Six Arab Countries

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