Essays about: "electoral vulnerability"

Found 1 essay containing the words electoral vulnerability.

  1. 1. Who Gets Selected? : A quantitative analysis exploring the effect of ideology and electoral vulnerability on the ballot placement of ethnic minority women candidates

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Hannah Gisgård; [2018]
    Keywords : representation; quotas; gender equality; intersectionality; ethnic minority women; electoral ballots; electoral vulnerability; complementarity advantage;

    Abstract : This quantitative study aims to investigate the mechanisms for ballot placement of underrepresented groups by examining how ideology and electoral vulnerability affect the ballot placement of ethnic minority women candidates in the case of the election to the Swedish Riksdag in 2018. Four hypotheses for the relationship are set: that the Red-Greenswillputethnicminoritywomencandidates higherupontheirballots;that the Alliance will put ethnic minority women candidates higher up on their ballots; that electoral vulnerability will have a stronger effect on the Red-Greens’ ballot placement of ethnic minority women candidates; that electoral vulnerability will have the same or no effect on the Red-Greens’ and the Alliance’s ballot placement of ethnic minority women candidates. READ MORE