000			01596nam a22001457a 4500
999			_c524657 _d524657
008			240110b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
100			_aYaguana, Vanessa and Carroll, Royce _947897
245			_aThe effects of candidate appearance on electoral success: Evidence from Ecuador
260			_aPolitical Research Quarterly
300			_a76(3), Sep, 2023: p.1168-1179
520			_aResearch has shown that attractiveness can be an important factor for candidate success under many conditions. In this paper, we analyze the potential for voting environments to encourage voting based on appearance. We examine Ecuador’s 2019 municipal elections, where voters faced complex candidate choices within a highly candidate-centered electoral system. The ballots in these elections provided photos of each candidate, which enhanced the potential for candidate appearance to act as a heuristic in a context of low-information decision-making. We find that candidate attractiveness has a positive effect on candidate electoral performance, particularly when candidates are placed in the most prominent section of the ballot. We find no substantial difference by candidate gender in the effect of attractiveness overall, although the effects are more consistent for female candidates when accounting for ballot location. Further analysis utilizing gender-separated polling stations shows that the effects are strongest for female voters. – Reproduced https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/10659129221119198
773			_aPolitical Research Quarterly
906			_aELECTIONS
942			_cAR