Citizens (mistakenly) perceive female-led political parties as more moderate

O’Brien, Diana (2019) Citizens (mistakenly) perceive female-led political parties as more moderate. Democratic Audit Blog (22 Oct 2019). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Does women’s leadership affect citizens’ perceptions of political parties? Diana Z. O’Brien shows that female-led parties are perceived as more moderate than male-led organisations, even though election manifestos authored by these parties are actually slightly more extreme than those by male-led parties.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://www.democraticaudit.com/
Additional Information:	© 2019 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Date Deposited:	03 Feb 2021 13:12
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 10:50
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/107976

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