Gender differences in the impact of electoral victory on satisfaction with democracy

Williams, Neil; Snipes, Alexandra; Singh, Shane P.

doi:10.1016/j.electstud.2020.102205

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“…Indeed, Harteveld et al's (2015) study of the gender gap across 17 European countries found that women are slightly less contended with democracy than men. Women's greater democratic discontent could potentially be explained by their historical exclusion from the political process or by the low levels of women's descriptive representation around the world (see Williams, Snipes, and Singh 2021). If women are indeed more dissatisfied with democracy than men, then the radical right gender gap is unlikely to be explained by this particular attitudinal difference.…”

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An every man, not for every woman: Nigel Farage and the radical right gender gap

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Ralph-Morrow

2021

Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties

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Support for the populist radical right (PRR) has surged across Europe. Existing studies on female support for the PRR are mostly cross-national in nature and have found that neither social-demographic nor attitudinal differences satisfactorily explain the gender gap in PRR support. Here we focus on the gender gap in support for UKIP and the Brexit Party, two parties that have significantly shaped British politics. Using data covering two European Parliamentary and three General Elections, we show that a gender gap exists in PRR support, but that it varies over time. In line with comparative studies, we find little evidence to suggest that social-demographic or attitudinal differences explain the gender gap in PRR support. Instead, we show that party leadership is crucial. Women in the British electorate hold negative opinions on Nigel Farage and this explains the gender gap in PRR support in Britain.

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Section: Explanations For the Populist Radical Right Gender Gapmentioning

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An every man, not for every woman: Nigel Farage and the radical right gender gap

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Ralph-Morrow

2021

Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties

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“…The gap has been found in a variety of time periods, geographic areas and institutional contexts (Anderson et al, 2005;Blais et al, 2017;Farrer & Zingher, 2019;Loveless, 2020). Remarkably, it might be greater for men compared to women (Williams et al, 2020).…”

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“…To the extent that the winners-losers gap is spurred by changes in testosterone levels, we can expect that the effects will be moderated by gender (Williams et al, 2020) and will be stronger among men compared to women.…”

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“…Synthesizing the existing literature on the winners-losers gap, we hypothesize that the effects of winning or losing on political perceptions, social attitudes, life outlook and well-being should be stronger for citizens with strong attachment to a political party (Plescia, 2019;Singh, 2014), mediated by satisfaction with the current government (Blais et al, 2017), and moderated at the individual level by gender (Williams et al, 2020) and at the country level by experience with democracy (Anderson & Tverdova, 2001;Farrer & Zingher, 2019;Linde & Ekman, 2003) and the disproportionality of the electoral system (Anderson & Guillory, 1997;Davis, 2014;Farrer & Zingher, 2019;Hooghe & Stiers, 2016), which exacerbates the impact of election wins and losses.…”

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Winning and Losing Democratic Elections: Effects on Political and Social Attitudes and Subjective Well-Being

Toshkov¹,

Mazepus²

2020

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In democracies, losing free and fair elections is a normal part of politics, and the consent of losers is needed for the survival of democratic government itself. But being on the losing side of the electoral contest can trigger important changes in the political and social attitudes, and even in the life outlook and subjective well-being of citizens. Based on individual-level survey data from 25 European countries and two time periods (2012 and 2018), we show that there is a significant gap between people who have voted for the parties in government and the losers of democratic elections when it comes to a wide set of political attitudes, including political trust, perceived efficacy and importance of government responsiveness and perceptions about how politics and government work. We also find that the gap between winners and losers extends to social trust, country attachment, feeling happy, healthy, safe, and optimistic, life satisfaction and perceived place in society. Most of these effects are greater in new democracies and for citizens with strong partisan attachments, some are bigger for men, and many are mediated by satisfaction with the government. Losing elections is hard for politics, but it could also be hard for the soul.

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“…First, most studies mentioned above adduce correlational evidence—although see Nemčok (2020) who takes advantage of the timing of ESS fieldwork to examine the impact of winner/loser status on satisfaction. And, while panel data has been utilized in the past (e.g., Blais and Gélineau, 2007; Singh et al 2012; and Williams et al, 2021), existing studies generally examine attitudes immediately before and after an election, whereas we examine a longer time horizon. Finally, the timing of measurement in this panel study provides a variation in outcome certainty.…”

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The winner-loser satisfaction gap in the absence of a clear outcome

Halliez

Thornton

2022

Party Politics

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In this manuscript, we examine the impact of voting for the winning candidate on satisfaction with democracy. While extensive evidence exists documenting this relationship, it is almost entirely correlational in nature. We take advantage of survey timing during the 2000 post-election period in the U.S. when the vast majority of respondents were uncertain about who would win the presidency. Employing 2000–2002 panel data and using a difference-in-differences model, we are able to establish a relationship between electoral outcome and satisfaction with democracy that appears only for respondents interviewed once the outcome became official. We find an increase in satisfaction among winners and a parallel decrease among losers from 2000 to 2002. Importantly, our design allows us to go further than most studies to make causal claims.

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Gender differences in the impact of electoral victory on satisfaction with democracy

Cited by 11 publications

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An every man, not for every woman: Nigel Farage and the radical right gender gap

An every man, not for every woman: Nigel Farage and the radical right gender gap

Winning and Losing Democratic Elections: Effects on Political and Social Attitudes and Subjective Well-Being

The winner-loser satisfaction gap in the absence of a clear outcome

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