Gender Differences in Voting for Female Candidates: Evidence from the 1982 Election |
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| Authors: | ZIPP JOHN F; PLUTZER ERIC |
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| Institution: | John F. Zipp is an Assistant Professor and Eric Plutzer is a Ph.D. candidate, both in the Department of Sociology, Washington University St. Louis, MO 63130, which supported, in part, this research. Data used come from surveys done by CBS, ABC and the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, KMOX television and radio stations in St. Louis. The authors wish to thank Betsy Bruce, Jack Flach, Dan Mittleman, Vince Narramore, Vicky Witte, Jan Yoder, and the Thursday on Friday Discussion Group for their help. The authors, each of whom contributed equally to this paper, are solely responsible for the analysis and conclusions. |
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| Abstract: | This paper analyzes voting in five 1982 elections in which womenran as major party candidates for high-level offices: Governorin Vermont and Iowa; and U.S. Senator in Missouri, New York,and New Jersey. Results indicate that the sex of the candidategenerally has little impact on voting and that solid women candidatescan attract cross-over votes, while weaker ones can lose them.The implications of these results are discussed in the concludingsection. |
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