Looking Like a Winner: 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, the authors investigate whether voters' snap judgments of appearance travel across cultures and whether they influence elections in new democracies....
Main Authors: | Lawson, J. Chappell H. (Contributor), Lenz, Gabriel Salman (Contributor), Baker, Andy (Author), Myers, Michael (Contributor) |
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Other Authors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science (Contributor) |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press,
2012-05-24T14:56:54Z.
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Online Access: | Get fulltext |
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