Beauty itself doth of itself persuade: A cross-cultural study of candidate appearance and electoral success in new democracies
A flurry of recent studies indicates that candidates who simply look more capable or attractive are more likely to win elections. In this article, we investigate whether voters' snap judgments of appearance travel across cultures and whether they influence elections in new democracies. We show...
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| Language: | English |
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Princeton University,
2010-11-05T20:20:25Z.
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