Structural and Elite Features in Open Seat and Special U.S. House Elections: Is There a Sexual Bias?

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dc.contributor.authorRonald Keith Gaddie
dc.contributor.authorCharles S. Bullock
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-14T19:53:28Z
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-30T15:36:32Z
dc.date.available2016-01-14T19:53:28Z
dc.date.available2016-03-30T15:36:32Z
dc.date.issued1997-06-01
dc.description.abstractConventional wisdom long held that there was a bias against women in elections. Subsequent research indicates that men and women who challenge for elective office confront a common barrier: incumbency. In this article we extend our previous research on women in open seat elec tions by examining the performance of women who compete in special elections. Female candidate emergence in special House contests is slightly higher than in regular open seats. Using multivariate regression models, our analysis uncovered no bias against women in special elections. Over all, the performance of women in special elections and open seats indi cates that disruptions of the political status quo by the sudden vacancy creates opportunities that women exploit with effectiveness, although the low level of female candidate emergence limits the growth of descriptive female representation.en_US
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewnoteshttps://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/manuscript-submission-guidelinesen_US
dc.identifier.citationGaddie, R. K., & Bullock, C. S. (1997). Structural and Elite Features in Open Seat and Special U.S. House Elections: Is There a Sexual Bias? Political Research Quarterly, 50(2), 459-468. doi: 10.1177/106591299705000210en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/106591299705000210en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11244/25270
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherPolitical Research Quarterly
dc.rights.requestablefalseen_US
dc.titleStructural and Elite Features in Open Seat and Special U.S. House Elections: Is There a Sexual Bias?en_US
dc.typeResearch Articleen_US

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