Research on women candidates in American elections uncovers four key facts: Women (i)
are underrepresented among candidates,(ii) are underrepresented among office holders,(iii) …

Does race/ethnicity affect how voters assess political candidates? To address this question,
we pooled data from 43 published candidate experiments from the last 10 years with a …

Immigrants and other minorities are underrepresented in politics in most Western
democracies. We argue that strategically acting party gatekeepers who update their …

How do different types of media coverage shape—and potentially bias—voter evaluations of
women and men politicians? Theoretically reviewing 50 experimental studies and …

Previous work suggests that observing women officeholders increases women's political
ambition. Yet, jumps in women's representation in the United States'“Years of the Woman” …

Progress toward gender equality is thwarted by the underrepresentation of women in
political leadership, even as most Americans report they would vote for women candidates …

Previous research showed that the stereotype of women politicians is incongruent with the
general politician stereotype, which can be disadvantageous for women seeking political …

Evidence from democracies shows that making laws more egalitarian can increase
individuals' perceptions that others hold egalitarian views. How do citizens in authoritarian …

Despite growing evidence of pro-female bias in the electorate elsewhere, conventional
wisdom holds that voters in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) prefer male …

The public often believes that men in political office are better at handling some issues or
possess specific traits, compared to women. Do individuals reveal their true preferences on …