Is It Gender, Ideology or Resources? Individual-Level Determinants of Preferential Voting for Male or Female Candidates

Erzeel, Silvia; Caluwaerts, Didier

doi:10.1080/17457289.2015.1008495

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“…They could use the socio-demographic background of candidates as a heuristic cue to deduce the policy positions of a candidate (people belonging to the same group as I do will have similar views), or it could be a purposive strategy to increase the presence of these under-represented groups. Research on group-based voting behaviour have indeed shown that women are (slightly) more likely than men to vote for women (Erzeel & Caluwaerts, 2015;Marien et al, 2016;van Erkel, 2019) and that voters with a migration background are more likely to vote for candidates with that background (Jacobs, Kelbel & Pilet, 2013;Teney et al, 2010). Our overview also confirms that women and ethnic minority people are more inclined to cast a preference vote.…”

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“…Preference votes are also highly relevant for several academic discussions as they touch upon a wide range of politically relevant phenomena such as the personalization of politics (Karvonen, 2010;Wauters, Thijssen, Van Aelst & Pilet, 2018), party decline (Cross, Katz & Pruysers, 2018), parliamentary behaviour (Bräuninger, Brunner & Däubler, 2012), political careers (André, Depauw, Shugart & Chytilek, 2017;Folke, Persson & Rickne, 2016), campaign behaviour van Erkel, Thijssen & Van Aelst, 2017) and the representation of social groups such as women and ethnic minorities (Erzeel & Caluwaerts, 2015;Holli & Wass, 2010;Marien, Schouteden & Wauters, 2016;Teney, Jacobs, Rea & Delwit, 2010). In the last few decades, research on this topic has expanded enormously in the Low Countries because of the range of multifaceted options embedded in their electoral systems.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Preference Voting in the Low Countries

Wauters¹,

Thijssen²,

Erkel³

2020

Politics of the Low Countries

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Preference votes constitute one of the key features of (open and flexible) PR-list electoral systems. In this article, we give an extensive overview of studies conducted on preference voting in Belgium and the Netherlands. After elaborating on the definition and delineation of preference voting, we scrutinize studies about which voters cast preference votes (demand side) and about which candidates obtain preference votes (supply side). For each of these aspects, both theoretical approaches and empirical results are discussed and compared. At the same time, we also pay attention to methodological issues in these kinds of studies. As such, this research overview reads as an ideal introduction to this topic which has repercussions on many other subfields of political science.

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confidence: 75%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Preference Voting in the Low Countries

Wauters¹,

Thijssen²,

Erkel³

2020

Politics of the Low Countries

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“…Studies that examine whether voter-candidate similarities also impact preferential voting are scarce. Only regarding gender do we find a handful of studies investigating whether women are more inclined to cast a preferential vote for a female candidate, but their findings are mixed at best (McElroy and Marsh, 2010;Erzeel and Caluwaerts, 2015;Marien et al, 2017;Erzeel et al, 2018). Teney et al (2010) also find evidence that candidates with an ethnic minority background are more likely to cast a vote for an ethnic minority candidate.…”

Section: The Influence Of Voter-candidate Similarities On Votingmentioning

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“…In this sense, casting a preferential vote can be seen as a symbolic action to support the own group. Second, citizens may vote for candidates resembling them because they expect these candidates to share similar experiences and ideas and, therefore, to be the best option to represent their interests (Erzeel and Caluwaerts, 2015), following a more instrumental logic. This idea can be traced back to scholars working on descriptive representation (Pitkin, 1967;Mansbridge, 1999).…”

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Sharing is caring: the role of voter-candidate similarities in intra-party electoral competition

Erkel

2018

Eur. Pol. Sci. Rev.

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Previous studies have found similarities with presidential candidates or party leaders to be an important factor in explaining voting behaviour. However, with the exception of gender, few studies have structurally studied voter-candidate similarities in intra-party electoral competition. This study investigates the Belgian case and argues that voter-candidate similarities play a role in the decision-making process of citizens when casting preferential votes. Moreover, it investigates whether underrepresented groups, and especially women, are more guided by these voter-candidate similarities than overrepresented groups. To achieve this aim voter and candidate characteristics are modelled simultaneously. This enables an investigation of the decision-making process of voters while taking into account structural inequalities at the supply side. The results demonstrate that citizens are indeed more likely to cast preferential votes for candidates similar to themselves and that these effects are stronger for underrepresented groups. Hence, preferential voting could ultimately pave the way for better descriptive representation.

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“…Political interest and knowledge also impact on voters' attitudes about the role of women in political life (Bittner et al 2010;Jennings 2006), which is also sometimes called 'gender ideology' (3) (Erzeel and Caluwaerts 2015;Shvedova 2005)o r 'gender role attitudes' (Brooks and Bolzendahl 2004). This concept refers to opinions of individual voters about the role of men and women in society (Bittner et al 2010;Brooks and Bolzendahl 2004).…”

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Forced to vote, but not for women. The effect of compulsory voting on voting for women

Wauters

Devroe

2017

Acta Polit

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Is It Gender, Ideology or Resources? Individual-Level Determinants of Preferential Voting for Male or Female Candidates

Cited by 24 publications

References 16 publications

Preference Voting in the Low Countries

Preference Voting in the Low Countries

Sharing is caring: the role of voter-candidate similarities in intra-party electoral competition

Forced to vote, but not for women. The effect of compulsory voting on voting for women

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