Young people are under-represented in formal politics. While this may be a mere projection
of their lack among voters and party members, the article investigates whether being young …

This article compares the relationship between candidate age and political selection on the
local and national level of politics. On which level are young candidates more likely to be …

How do voters evaluate women candidates in places where traditional gender norms are
strong? We conduct a survey experiment in Malawi to assess both whether citizens …

Elections such as the UK “Brexit” referendum, Donald Trump's ascendancy to the
presidency, and the growth of the Alternative for Germany party in Germany have led to …

Municipal mayoral elections present a compelling puzzle: what happens when gendered
stereotypes about level of government conflict with those about type of office? Although local …

Abstract In the United States, women compose a larger share of elected Democrats than of
elected Republicans at every level of government. Drawing together literature on the gender …

Purpose The study aims to examine the validity of the gender affinity effect on social media
throughout election campaigns. Design/methodology/approach This paper examines the …

In this article, we address the question of how electing women to national or subnational
parliaments affects future female candidate selection in an open-list proportional …

The electoral advantage that incumbent legislators enjoy over challengers in the US
Congress has been investigated extensively in political science. Very few studies, however …

Existing research about the effects of electoral systems on descriptive representation is
mixed. In this paper, we test implications of theoretical arguments about the impact of …