Eyes on the ballot: Priming effects and ethnic voting in the developing world
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- 作者：Devra Moehlerb ; dmoehler@asc.upenn.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Jeffrey Conroy-Krutza ; conroyk6@msu.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Ethnic voting ; Priming ; Ballot design ; Experiments
- 刊名：Electoral Studies
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：June 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：42
- 期：Complete
- 页码：99-113
- 全文大小：1190 K
文摘
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Countries often include photos of candidates on ballots to facilitate correct voting.
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We conduct an experiment in Uganda to test the effects of photos on ethnic voting.
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We find that photos significantly increase support for coethnics.
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These increases likely occurred because photos primed ethnic identity.
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We find no evidence that photos helped subjects learn candidates' ethnic identities.