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Gallagher, Katherine. "The Influence of Group Membership on Participation: A Study of Voters' Reactions to Female Candidates in the 1998 U.S. House Elections" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois, Apr 20, 2006 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p137735_index.html>

Gallagher, K. , 2006-04-20 "The Influence of Group Membership on Participation: A Study of Voters' Reactions to Female Candidates in the 1998 U.S. House Elections" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p137735_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Individuals’ assessment of candidates is a critical aspect of their decision to vote. One way in which voters evaluate candidates is by using stereotypes associated with the candidates’ politically salient traits (Rahn 1993). A candidate characteristic, for example as female or Latino, influences a voter’s assessments of that candidate, and possibly his or her vote choice, but does it influence whether or not a voter chooses to participate? I hypothesize that the presence of a female candidate increases women’s voter turnout, but decreases voter turnout among men. Using data from the 1998 House elections, I attempt to test these hypotheses. I first determine where female candidates are likely to run based on a set of district-level and election-specific variables. Then, controlling for individual factors that influence exposure to one or more female candidates, I use kernel matching and a difference of means test to estimate how the presence of female candidates affects voter participation. The results of this study suggest that women participate in higher numbers when a female candidate runs while men are not influenced.

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