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DOI	10.1007/s11109-024-09920-2
	Too Young to Run? Voter Evaluations of the Age of Candidates
	Mcclean, Charles T.; Ono, Yoshikuni
发表日期	2024
ISSN	0190-9320
EISSN	1573-6687
英文摘要	Why do elected officials tend to be much older than most of their constituents? To understand the mechanisms behind the underrepresentation of young people in public office, we conducted two novel survey experiments in Japan. We asked voters in these experiments to evaluate the photos of hypothetical candidates while altering candidates' faces using age regression and progression software. Contrary to the observed age demographics of politicians, the voters in our experiments strongly disliked older candidates but viewed younger and middle-aged candidates as equally favorable. Voters saw young candidates as less experienced but also more likely to focus on many policy issues over a longer period, including education, childcare, climate change, anti-corruption measures, and multiculturalism. Young voters especially liked young candidates, suggesting that greater youth turnout could increase youth representation. Conversely, elderly candidates were universally panned, seen as the least competent, least likely to focus on most policy issues, and least electable. Voter biases thus do not seem to be a driving factor behind the shortage of young politicians. To the contrary, voters appear perfectly willing to cast their ballots for young candidates.
英文关键词	Voting behavior; Representation; Age discrimination; Survey experiments; Japanese politics
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Government & Law
WOS类目	Political Science
WOS记录号	WOS:001172075300001
来源期刊	POLITICAL BEHAVIOR
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/293443
作者单位	Yale University; Waseda University
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Mcclean, Charles T.,Ono, Yoshikuni. Too Young to Run? Voter Evaluations of the Age of Candidates[J],2024.
APA	Mcclean, Charles T.,&Ono, Yoshikuni.(2024).Too Young to Run? Voter Evaluations of the Age of Candidates.POLITICAL BEHAVIOR.
MLA	Mcclean, Charles T.,et al."Too Young to Run? Voter Evaluations of the Age of Candidates".POLITICAL BEHAVIOR (2024).