#12255. Sex-B(i)ased List Promotion: The Effect of Previous Electoral Performance

July 2026publication date
Proposal available till 26-05-2025
4 total number of authors per manuscript0 $

The title of the journal is available only for the authors who have already paid for
Journal’s subject area:
Gender Studies;
Sociology and Political Science;
Places in the authors’ list:
place 1place 2place 3place 4
FreeFreeFreeFree
2350 $1200 $1050 $900 $
Contract №12255.1 Contract №12255.2 Contract №12255.3 Contract №12255.4
1 place - free (for sale)
2 place - free (for sale)
3 place - free (for sale)
4 place - free (for sale)

Abstract:
Party leaders have a direct impact on politicians’ careers. The fact that this leadership is often male has been identified as a source of discrimination against female candidates. We analyze such sex-biased party politics in the formation of party lists. Recently, candidates’ list ranking in (semi-) open list systems has been shown to depend on their electoral performance) in the previous election. Using electoral data from local elections, we study whether and to what extent such a reward system is sex neutral. We find the party leadership in the semi-open list system to reward (punish) male and female candidates with equal electoral performance differently. Importantly, the sex of the local party leader and party ideology, are found to affect the sex differences in electoral remuneration.
Keywords:
candidate list position; electoral performance; preference votes; semi-open list system; Sex

Contacts :
0