The Relative Irrelevance of Candidate Sex
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11367489 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Seth Thompson (0000-0003-0997-6221, corresponding author), Janie S Steckenrider, Janie Steckenrider |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 71-92 |
| Publication date | 1997-06-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0195-7732 • E-ISSN: 1540-9473 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j014v17n04_04 |
| OpenAlex | W2024360349 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
| References cited | 12 |
This study tests the relevance of candidate sex to electoral contests. We predict that voters, in general, will use issue or party cues to select between candidates and not the sex of the candidate. This will not hold under two conditions: party or issue cues are unavailable or candidate sex is likely to be particularly salient to the voter. Data were collected from a random sample of registered voters who were presented with hypothetical elections featuring candidates who were systematically varied by party, position on abortion, and sex. The results are consistent with the line of research that suggests that the majority of voters do not use candidate sex as a cue for choice, but candidate sex does affect choice among those for whom gender equality issues are particularly salient. Although generally irrelevant, candidate sex can have significant implications for the outcome of particular contests
Affect (linguistics · Economics · Political science · Position (finance · Relevance (law · Salient · Communication · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 27 |
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| Citations per year | 1,08 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2023 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 27 |