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View article: What Will it Take for a Woman to Become President of the United States?
What Will it Take for a Woman to Become President of the United States? Open
In this article we consider what it will take for a woman to be elected President of the United States. We examine the available data from the 2024 election, in comparison to previous elections; we inspect the main findings from the femini…
View article: ‘Whitby Woman’, ‘Waitrose Woman’: Gender and Voting Behaviour at the 2024 <scp>UK</scp> General Election
‘Whitby Woman’, ‘Waitrose Woman’: Gender and Voting Behaviour at the 2024 <span>UK</span> General Election Open
Women were identified as key targets in the 2024 British general election. There was much speculation as to whether ‘Whitby’ or ‘Waitrose’ women would swing the result for Labour. This interest in women voters stemmed, at least partially, …
View article: How political and social constituent traits affect the responsiveness of legislators: A Comparative Field Experiment
How political and social constituent traits affect the responsiveness of legislators: A Comparative Field Experiment Open
A growing body of literature investigates whether legislators show biases in their constituency communication contingent upon constituent traits. However, we know little about whether and how findings of unequal responsiveness generalize a…
View article: Does (Non-)Localness Affect MPs’ Levels of Responsiveness? Evidence from a UK Field Experiment
Does (Non-)Localness Affect MPs’ Levels of Responsiveness? Evidence from a UK Field Experiment Open
Does an MP's localness affect their behaviour towards constituents? Existing research has shown biases in MPs' responsiveness to citizens based on citizens' sociodemographic and political traits and voters’ tendency to prefer ‘local’ MPs. …
View article: Summary of the March 14, 2023 Webinar, "Digital Storytelling in the Global South"
Summary of the March 14, 2023 Webinar, "Digital Storytelling in the Global South" Open
This report is associated with the “Digital Storytelling on African Urbanisms: A Model to Empower Education Initiatives Across the Global South.” This was a 2022-2023 Foundations-level (Level I) AHRC grant in the UK-US Digital Scholarship …
View article: Digital Storytelling on African Urbanisms US-UK Workshop
Digital Storytelling on African Urbanisms US-UK Workshop Open
This report summarises the Digital Storytelling on African Urbanisms US-UK workshop, held at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK from September 12-14, 2022. This report is associ…
View article: Finally rising with the tide? Gender and the vote in the 2019 British Elections
Finally rising with the tide? Gender and the vote in the 2019 British Elections Open
When it comes to gender and voting behaviour Britain had become something of an outlier. Whilst more countries shifted along Inglehart and Norris’ ‘rising tide’ continuum from traditional gender gaps, to realignment, into modern gender gap…
View article: Measuring MPs’ Responsiveness: How to Do it and Stay Out of Trouble
Measuring MPs’ Responsiveness: How to Do it and Stay Out of Trouble Open
This article reviews the issues raised by the reaction to an audit experiment, studying the responsiveness of British MPs to their constituents, in November and December 2020. The experiment was part of a wider comparative project investig…
View article: Fueling the Populist Divide: Nativist and Cosmopolitan Preferences for Representation at the Elite and Mass Level
Fueling the Populist Divide: Nativist and Cosmopolitan Preferences for Representation at the Elite and Mass Level Open
Although populist leaders often employ an anti-elite discourse which presents the elite as unable or unwilling to represent ordinary citizens, we know very little about who elites actually think should be represented, or how this differs, …
View article: Replication data for Fueling the populist divide: nativist and cosmopolitan preferences for representation at the elite and mass level
Replication data for Fueling the populist divide: nativist and cosmopolitan preferences for representation at the elite and mass level Open
Replication data for 'Fueling the populist divide: nativist and cosmopolitan preferences for representation at the elite and mass level'
View article: The Personal Sources of Responsiveness. Introduction to a Special Section
The Personal Sources of Responsiveness. Introduction to a Special Section Open
Responsiveness is a core value in democratic politics. Individual legislators are important mechanisms for implementing this concern in real‐world settings and thus facilitating responsive government. This introduction to the special secti…
View article: Which personality fits personalized representation?
Which personality fits personalized representation? Open
In this article, we propose an individual-level explanation for variation in personalized representation, and ask which personality fits personalized representation. Building on political psychology literature, we derive hypotheses about h…
View article: Why Friends and Neighbors? Explaining the Electoral Appeal of Local Roots
Why Friends and Neighbors? Explaining the Electoral Appeal of Local Roots Open
Why do politicians with strong local roots receive more electoral support? The mechanisms underlying this well-documented “friends and neighbors” effect remain largely untested. Drawing on two population-based survey experiments fielded in…
View article: Diversity of candidates and elected officials in Great Britain
Diversity of candidates and elected officials in Great Britain Open
Diversity of representation is important for the democratic principles of equality, effectiveness, fairness, justice and legitimacy. However, the lack of good quality and consistently defined data for most protected characteristics conside…
View article: Parental status as an electoral asset: how voters view politicians with and without children
Parental status as an electoral asset: how voters view politicians with and without children Open
Philip Cowley and Rosie Campbell examine the public's view of British politicians with and without children, as well as the behaviour of MPs in their communications with voters. They find a preference for candidates who are parents and no …
View article: Explaining motivation to represent: how does descriptive representation lead to substantive representation of racial and ethnic minorities?
Explaining motivation to represent: how does descriptive representation lead to substantive representation of racial and ethnic minorities? Open
Empirical studies show a link between substantive and descriptive representation of racial and ethnic minorities. However, our understanding of the mechanisms through which this association operates comes almost exclusively from normative …
View article: Why friends and neighbors? Explaining the electoral appeal of local roots
Why friends and neighbors? Explaining the electoral appeal of local roots Open
Data and replication code for the article, "Why friends and neighbors? Explaining the electoral appeal of local roots".
View article: Exploring Gender Differences in Support for Rightist Parties: The Role of Party and Gender Ideology
Exploring Gender Differences in Support for Rightist Parties: The Role of Party and Gender Ideology Open
This contribution to the Special Issue on Gender and Conservatism uses expert and election surveys to explore the extent to which the feminist or traditional gender ideology of parties of the right relates to their economic and liberal/aut…
View article: Do Women Vote for Women Candidates? Attitudes toward Descriptive Representation and Voting Behavior in the 2010 British Election
Do Women Vote for Women Candidates? Attitudes toward Descriptive Representation and Voting Behavior in the 2010 British Election Open
A growing body of work on candidate traits shows that people with a given social characteristic tend to prefer candidates or leaders who share that characteristic (Campbell and Cowley 2014; Cutler 2002). However, the existing evidence for …
View article: All Change in the House? The Profile of Candidates and MPs in the 2015 British General Election
All Change in the House? The Profile of Candidates and MPs in the 2015 British General Election Open
Drawing on data from the Parliamentary Candidates UK project, we profile the socio-demographic characteristics of parliamentary candidates standing in 2015 and compare elected MPs to previous cohorts since 1979. We argue that the 2015 coho…
View article: Legislator Dissent as a Valence Signal
Legislator Dissent as a Valence Signal Open
Existing research suggests that voters tend to respond positively to legislator independence due to two types of mechanism. First, dissent has an indirect effect, increasing a legislator’s media coverage and personal recognition among cons…
View article: Legislator dissent as a valence signal
Legislator dissent as a valence signal Open
Replication materials for # Campbell, R., Cowley, P., Vivyan, N & Wagner, M. # Replication materials for # Campbell, R., Cowley, P., Vivyan, N & Wagner, M. # 'Legislator dissent as a valence signal'. # British Journal of Political Science …