Predicting Election Outcomes from Positive and Negative Trait Assessments of Candidate Images
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Conventional wisdom, and a growing body of behavioral research, suggests that the nonverbal image of a candidate influences voter decision making. We presented subjects with images of political candidates and asked them to make four trait judgments based solely on viewing the photographs. Subjects were asked which of the two faces exhibited more competence, attractiveness, deceitfulness, and th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Political Psychology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0162-895X,1467-9221
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2009.00745.x