Voting Can Be Hard, Information Helps
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6403786 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Melody Crowder-Meyer (0000-0002-5952-6870, Davidson College, Davidson, NC, USA), Shana Kushner Gadarian (0000-0003-4240-7944, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA), Jessica Trounstine (0000-0003-4364-2719, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 124-153 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Affairs Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1078-0874 • E-ISSN: 1552-8332 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1078087419831074 |
| OpenAlex | W2917117382 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 45 |
| References cited | 72 |
Many U.S. elections provide voters with precious little information about candidates on the ballot. In local contests, party labels are often absent. In primary elections, party labels are not useful. Indeed, much of the time, voters have only the name of the candidate to go by. In these contexts, how do voters make decisions? Using several experiments, we find that voters use candidates’ race, ethnicity, and gender as cues for whom to support—penalizing candidates of color and benefiting women. But we also demonstrate that providing even a small amount of information to voters—such as candidate occupation—virtually erases the effects of candidate demographics on voter behavior, even among voters with high levels of racial and gender prejudice
Ballot · Demographics · Ethnic group · Internet privacy · Political science · Politics · Prejudice (legal term · Public relations · Race (biology · Sociology · Voting · Voting behavior · Computer Science · Demography · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 45 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 7,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 45 |