‘Sacrifical lambs’ or candidate mimicking?: gender-based nomination strategies in elections

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• dc.contributor.author Martínez i Coma, Ferran
• dc.contributor.author Lago Peñas, Ignacio
• dc.date.accessioned 2021-06-23T08:19:56Z
• dc.date.available 2021-06-23T08:19:56Z
• dc.date.issued 2021
• dc.description.abstract This paper explores an alternative mechanism for understanding the drivers of the nomination of women for elective office in single-member electoral systems. Previous research has generally examined two sources of gender-based politics: party ideology, with leftist parties being more female-friendly than rightist parties, and the strategic nomination of candidates depending on whether the party is expected to win or lose in the district, with women more likely to be used as ‘sacrificial lambs’ in hopeless contests. We argue that the nomination of male and female candidates across districts reflects an interdependence of party strategies – in particular, the actions of the main opposition party. We hypothesise that when the trailing party is not committed to gender equality, its equilibrium strategy in a given district is the nomination of a candidate of the same gender as that of the front-running party. Secondary data from 1,017 single-member Australian districts and more than 2,000 candidates from 2001–2019 confirm our hypothesis.en
• dc.description.sponsorship We acknowledge support from the Australian Research Council Discovery Project [Grant Number: DP190101978], the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness [Grant number: CSO2017-85024-C2-1-P (AEI/FEDER)], and ICREA, under the ICREA Academia programme.
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• dc.identifier.citation Martínez i Coma F, Lago I. ‘Sacrifical lambs’ or candidate mimicking?: gender-based nomination strategies in elections. Party Politics. 2022;28(4):702-12. DOI: 10.1177/1354068821998235
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354068821998235
• dc.identifier.issn 1354-0688
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/47971
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher SAGE Publications
• dc.relation.ispartof Party Politics. 2022;28(4):702-12.
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/CSO2017-85024-C2-1-P
• dc.rights This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
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• dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
• dc.subject.keyword Australiaen
• dc.subject.keyword Female representationen
• dc.subject.keyword Gender gapen
• dc.subject.keyword Political partiesen
• dc.subject.keyword Sacrificial lamben
• dc.title ‘Sacrifical lambs’ or candidate mimicking?: gender-based nomination strategies in electionsen
• dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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