For decades, scholars have uncovered evidence that male and female legislators' priorities
and preferences differ and that women's inclusion brings to elite-level politics a more …

Social role theory provides a framework to help understand the complexity of gender in the
political sphere. We demonstrate how SRT both helps to explain extant research findings …

The outcome of the 2016 US presidential election cycle generated a great deal of attention
about the political psychology of the average American voter. A familiar narrative was that …

One explanation for the dearth of women in elected office is that voters stereotype
candidates based on their gender. Research in this vein often assumes that female …

Women are underrepresented at all levels of elected office. It is suspected that gender
stereotypes hinder the electoral success of female candidates, but empirical evidence is …

As the number of women candidates for office in the US increases each election cycle,
scholars are confronted with questions about the impact of their sex on their chances for …

Elections involving women candidates in the United States can offer unsettling examples of
voter gender stereotypes, but research on women candidates provides little in the way of …

Women remain dramatically underrepresented in elective office, including in entry-level
political offices. While they enjoy the freedom to stand for office and therefore have an equal …

The family, and motherhood in particular, have long been themes in American politics, but
have been more prominent in the last three decades [Laurel Elder and Steven Greene …

We provide a novel approach to understanding the political ambition gap between men and
women by examining perceptions of the role of politician. Across three studies, we find that …