TY - JOUR
T1 - Flip-Flops and High Heels
T2 - An Experimental Analysis of Elite Position Change and Gender on Wartime Public Support
AU - Croco, Sarah E.
AU - Gartner, Scott Sigmund
PY - 2014/1
Y1 - 2014/1
N2 - We address whether politicians' flip-flopping on support for a war is damaging to their electoral fortunes, and if the gender of the politician has a conditioning effect on this relationship. A series of survey experiments, conducted in 2010 and designed specifically for this project, allows us to examine the causal power of these two cues. Our results challenge the conventional wisdom: respondents do not fault leaders who change their minds about a conflict, and importantly, this effect holds irrespective of the gender of the politician. Instead, individuals react to the policy position the politician currently holds on a war regardless of the politician's consistency and gender.
AB - We address whether politicians' flip-flopping on support for a war is damaging to their electoral fortunes, and if the gender of the politician has a conditioning effect on this relationship. A series of survey experiments, conducted in 2010 and designed specifically for this project, allows us to examine the causal power of these two cues. Our results challenge the conventional wisdom: respondents do not fault leaders who change their minds about a conflict, and importantly, this effect holds irrespective of the gender of the politician. Instead, individuals react to the policy position the politician currently holds on a war regardless of the politician's consistency and gender.
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U2 - 10.1080/03050629.2013.863195
DO - 10.1080/03050629.2013.863195
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84894236562
SN - 0305-0629
VL - 40
SP - 1
EP - 24
JO - International Interactions
JF - International Interactions
IS - 1
ER -
