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Political Ideology, Skin Tone, and the Psychology of Candidate Evaluations

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ID6367757
AuthorsAmy E Lerman (0000-0002-5577-5909), K T Mccabe (0000-0001-9183-2918), Meredith L Sadin, Meredith Sadin (0000-0002-3205-5925)
Year2015
Volume79
Issue1
Pages53-90
Publication date2015-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePublic Opinion Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-362X • E-ISSN: 1537-5331
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/poq/nfu055
OpenAlexW2131808426
LanguageEN
Citations received27
References cited33

Journal Article Political Ideology, Skin Tone, and the Psychology of Candidate Evaluations Get access Amy E. Lerman, Amy E. Lerman * A my E. L erman is an associate professor in the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California–Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA. Katherine T. McCabe is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Politics at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA. Meredith L. Sadin is a fellow at the Robert Wood Johnson program in Health Policy Research at the University of California–Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA. The authors would like to thank Sarah Peteraf for her work on the first of these studies; the anonymous reviewers and editors at POQ for their helpful comments toward revision and publication; and Tali Mendelberg, Martin Gilens, and Vincent Hutchings and the members of the panel “Does a Candidate’s Race/Ethnicity Matter?” from the Race, Class, and Ethnicity section at the 2013 Midwest Political Science Association meeting for their thoughtful feedback on early drafts of this paper. *Address correspondence to Amy E. Lerman, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California–Berkeley, 2607 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94720–7320, USA; e-mail: [email protected] . Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Katherine T. McCabe, Katherine T. McCabe A my E. L erman is an associate professor in the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California–Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA. Katherine T. McCabe is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Politics at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA. Meredith L. Sadin is a fellow at the Robert Wood Johnson program in Health Policy Research at the University of California–Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA. The authors would like to thank Sarah Peteraf for her work on the first of these studies; the anonymous reviewers and editors at POQ for their helpful comments toward revision and publication; and Tali Mendelberg, Martin Gilens, and Vincent Hutchings and the members of the panel “Does a Candidate’s Race/Ethnicity Matter?” from the Race, Class, and Ethnicity section at the 2013 Midwest Political Science Association meeting for their thoughtful feedback on early drafts of this paper. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Meredith L. Sadin Meredith L. Sadin A my E. L erman is an associate professor in the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California–Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA. Katherine T. McCabe is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Politics at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA. Meredith L. Sadin is a fellow at the Robert Wood Johnson program in Health Policy Research at the University of California–Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA. The authors would like to thank Sarah Peteraf for her work on the first of these studies; the anonymous reviewers and editors at POQ for their helpful comments toward revision and publication; and Tali Mendelberg, Martin Gilens, and Vincent Hutchings and the members of the panel “Does a Candidate’s Race/Ethnicity Matter?” from the Race, Class, and Ethnicity section at the 2013 Midwest Political Science Association meeting for their thoughtful feedback on early drafts of this paper. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 79, Issue 1, Spring 2015, Pages 53–90, https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/nfu055 Published: 08 February 2015

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