Looking the Part: Television Leads Less Informed Citizens to Vote Based on Candidates’ Appearance
As long as there has been democratic government, skeptics have worried that citizens would base their choices and their votes on superficial considerations. A series of recent studies seems to validate these fears, suggesting that candidates who merely look more capable or attractive perform better...
Main Authors: | Lenz, Gabriel Salman, Lawson, J. Chappell H. |
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Other Authors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science |
Format: | Article |
Language: | en_US |
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Wiley Blackwell
2015
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96161 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8174-8728 |
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