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Valdini, Melody Ellis. "Candidate Gender as an Information Shortcut: A Cross-National Analysis of the Effects of Political Environments" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Marriott Hotel, Oakland, California, Mar 17, 2005 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p87673_index.html>

Valdini, M. , 2005-03-17 "Candidate Gender as an Information Shortcut: A Cross-National Analysis of the Effects of Political Environments" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Marriott Hotel, Oakland, California Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p87673_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: For decades, scholars of voter behavior have examined the tendency of voters to employ information shortcuts, and more recently, multiple analyses have considered the types of gendered information shortcuts that voters engage when considering women candidates. While extensive research has been conducted on the meaning and use of these gendered shortcuts, the existing investigations tend to focus only on the American case, and on the shortcut that women candidates are more “liberal” than men. This paper provides a new contribution to the dialogue on information shortcuts and voter behavior, for I provide a cross-country analysis of another type of gendered shortcut: that women candidates are “honest outsiders,” unaffiliated with corruption. I argue that the polarity of this and all other gendered shortcuts is context-dependent; that is, the context of the election determines whether a gendered information shortcut is a help or a hindrance to the campaigns of women. Using a comparative analysis that includes Australia, New Zealand, and several other countries in both Europe and North America, I present evidence that when there has been recent corruption in government, the gendered shortcut that women are “honest outsiders” is positive for women candidates, and thus representation increases accordingly.

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