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Competence versus Priorities: Negative Electoral Responses to Education Quality in Brazil
The Journal of Politics, 2021 Do voters reward politicians for the quality of public services? We address this question by studying voters’ responses to signals of municipal school quality in Brazil, a setting particularly favo...
Boas, Taylor C +2 more
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Правовое государство: теория и практика, 2023 Elections are the most important socio-legal institution whose value lies in the observance of a number of democratic principles, and given that their organization and conduct are governed by several branches of law (constitutional, administrative ...
Al-Bazzar Omar Abd Alnafi Khaliel
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Journal of Politics and Law, 2022 The credibility of election being termed as free and fair election cannot be examined without examining the competence and independence of the Electoral Commission with mandates of conducting the elections. In Tanzania, Electoral Commission of Tanzania vested with mandates of conducting elections is constitutionally and statutorily described to be an ...
Ryoba Marwa
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Swiss Political Science Review, 2022 AbstractAccording to the issue ownership theory of voting, voters cast their ballot for the party that they consider to be most competent and most committed to handle an issue of importance to them. This article offers a theoretical expansion of this model, arguing that the effect of issue ownership on vote choice is conditioned by the accessibility of
Lionel Marquis, Anke Tresch
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The effects of perceived competence and sociability on electoral outcomes [PDF]
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 2009 Previous research demonstrated that inferences of competence from the face are good predictors of electoral outcomes (Todorov et al., 2005). In the current work we examined the role of another key dimension in social perception, namely perceived sociability.
CASTELLI, LUIGI ALESSANDRO +2 more
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Faces of politicians: Babyfacedness predicts inferred competence but not electoral success [PDF]
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 2009 Recent research has documented that competent-looking political candidates do better in U.S. elections and that babyfaced individuals are generally perceived to be less competent than maturefaced individuals. Taken together, this suggests that babyfaced political candidates are perceived as less competent and therefore fare worse in elections.
Poutvaara, Panu +2 more
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Media Coverage, Advertising, and Electoral Volatility: The Crucial Role of Party Competence
Political CommunicationThis paper aims to clarify the mechanism linking media coverage and advertising to electoral volatility. It is argued that the link is indirect rather than direct: Parties’ communication affects electoral volatility because it alters citizens ...
Adrien Petitpas
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Revista Internacional Consinter de DireitoAbstract. The evolution of electoral competence in Latin America is addressed, which has implied a progressive generation of electoral institutions with a constitutional nature, reflected in the creation of autonomous institutions, which underlines the importance of evaluating whether this progress has strengthened the rule of law in the region.
René Palacios Garita
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The COVID-19 Pandemic in Britain: A Competence Shock and Its Electoral Consequences
Political StudiesCompetence shocks cut through partisan and other salient divides to impact party reputations and electoral choice. We examine whether the COVID-19 pandemic was a competence shock in Britain – a context where the issue of Brexit had otherwise dominated and reshaped electoral choice.
Green, J, Evans, G, Snow, D
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Beauty Contest Revisited: The Effects of Perceived Attractiveness, Competence, and Likability on the Electoral Success of German MPs [PDF]
Politics & Policy, 2017 We test the effects of physical appearance on electoral outcomes for the 2013 German national elections. We find that a candidate's perceived attractiveness and, to a lesser extent, competence vis‐á‐vis his or her closest contestant increases the chances of winning a direct mandate, while likability plays a minor role.
Jäckle, Sebastian, Metz, Thomas
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