Mayor Pete is Smart and Elizabeth Warren is Unlikable? Coverage of Warmth and Competence Traits in the 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7973732 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Meredith Conroy (0000-0003-4006-2612), Erin C Cassese (0000-0002-6443-6511), Dhrumil Mehta (0000-0002-5782-6968), Ciera Hammond (0000-0002-2760-6817), Linda Beail, Al Johri (0000-0002-4630-6473), Sean Long (0000-0001-5895-899X), Dominik A Stecuła (0000-0001-6724-7559) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Pages | 1-30 |
| Publication date | 2025-02-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Politics & Gender (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1743-923X • E-ISSN: 1743-9248 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1743923x25000091 |
| OpenAlex | W4407879413 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 80 |
Past work on media coverage of candidates for political office has explored gender differences in quantity, substance, and tone with mixed results depending on the office, race, and context. We draw on the stereotype content model (SCM) to examine gendered patterns of media coverage of candidates on the trait dimensions of warmth and competence in the 2020 U.S. Democratic presidential primary. Combining Natural Language Processing and manual analysis of news, we find that female candidates receive more negative than positive warmth coverage, while male candidates receive more tonally balanced warmth coverage, which suggests that female leaders are penalized on the dimension of warmth. Additionally, white women received more warmth coverage than women of color and women of color receive more competence coverage than white women. The findings suggest news media may portray white women and women of color candidates as lacking gender congruent traits like warmth but may portray white women as possessing role congruent traits like competence
Competence (human resources · Democracy · Economic history · Political science · Presidential system · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Politics and Representation · History · Law · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |