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Author
S. de Leeuw
Year
2017
Title
Het geslacht van de kandidaat als heuristisch stemmotief
Subtitle
Een onderzoek naar het effect van politieke sofisticatie en electorale context op gender-based stemgedrag
Translated title
The sex of a candidate as a heuristic cue
Translated subtitle
The effect of political sophistication and electoral context on gender-based voting behavior
Journal
Res Publica
Volume | Issue number
59 | 2
Pages (from-to)
141-170
Document type
Article
Abstract
In this paper, I study gender-based voting behavior in the Belgian proportional electoral system. In particular, I investigate two possible causes for why voters experience the need to simplify their voting decision by using a gender-cue. First, in line with the findings of previous studies, I find that voters with lower levels of political sophistication who are less able to collect and process political information, are consequently more likely to use the sex of a candidate as a shortcut. However, the effect of political sophistication on gender- based voting behavior is limited. Second, based on the literature, I expect that the low information context of the second-order European elections would cause both high and low information voters to become more reliant on gender-cues to simplify their voting decision and by extent would cause the effect of political sophistication on gender-based voting to diminish. Against theoretical expectations, I find that the effect of the electoral context is negligible.
Other links
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Language
Dutch
Permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/11245.1/4502852e-b85f-4f0e-a6cc-235a840afa1b
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