"I Didn't Lie, I Misspoke": Voters' Responses to Questionable Campaign Claims (doi:10.7910/DVN/GE3E8R)

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"I Didn't Lie, I Misspoke": Voters' Responses to Questionable Campaign Claims

doi:10.7910/DVN/GE3E8R

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2019-03-07

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Simas, Elizabeth; Murdoch, Doug, 2019, ""I Didn't Lie, I Misspoke": Voters' Responses to Questionable Campaign Claims", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/GE3E8R, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:u6+NxL41gUrsMW3M/37cDQ== [fileUNF]

"I Didn't Lie, I Misspoke": Voters' Responses to Questionable Campaign Claims

doi:10.7910/DVN/GE3E8R

Simas, Elizabeth (University of Houston)

Murdoch, Doug (University of Houston)

Harvard Dataverse

Simas, Elizabeth

Simas, Elizabeth

2019-02-14

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/GE3E8R

Social Sciences, public opinion, gender bias

Lies and half-truths are commonplace in U.S. politics. While there is a growing literature examining questionable statements, relatively little attention has been given to the consequences that befall the sources. We address this gap by looking at how a candidate’s sex shapes citizens’ reactions to a factually dubious statement. We argue and show that subjects from the opposing party display a greater desire and tendency to punish a female candidate. Subjects from the candidate’s same party, however, appear to be more forgiving when the candidate is portrayed as a woman vs. a man. In total, our findings suggest that gender and partisan biases may operate in tandem to both help and harm female political candidates who “misspeak.”

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