New paper in @jeppjournal.bsky.social! Do minorities in politics face higher standards in candidate recruitment? Theodor Thisell and I study whether more loyalty is expected of women, youth, and immigrant candidates, using a conjoint experiment and roll-call data. doi.org/10.1080/1350... - ThreadSky

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grahn.bsky.social • 177 days ago

New paper in @jeppjournal.bsky.social! Do minorities in politics face higher standards in candidate recruitment?
Theodor Thisell and I study whether more loyalty is expected of women, youth, and immigrant candidates, using a conjoint experiment and roll-call data. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2024.2398770

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grahn.bsky.social•177 days ago

Previous studies find that women MPs are more loyal to the party line than their men colleagues. Young MPs, on the other hand, can be less loyal than their older counterparts in some contexts. Are these patterns shaped by biases in candidate recruitment?

grahn.bsky.social•177 days ago

We focus on evaluations of loyalty, a key criterion for candidate recruitment across political systems. Specifically, we examine Sweden, where loyalty is the most important factor in candidate selection. Figure captures loyalty's weight in determining candidate appeal.

grahn.bsky.social•177 days ago

We first turn to a conjoint experiment with 1,300 party selectors in Sweden to see whether women, youths, and immigrants need to signal greater loyalty to be deemed suitable for office. This is *NOT* the case. Figure captures candidate appeal at different levels of loyalty.

grahn.bsky.social•177 days ago

We then use roll-call data on all Swedish MPs elected in the last two decades and study potentially heterogeneous effects of disloyalty on MPs' renomination and reelection fortunes. We find no heterogeneities. Figure captures the results for women and men MPs.

grahn.bsky.social•177 days ago

Our findings show no evidence that Swedish party recruiters demand more loyalty from outgroup candidates. Therefore, any differences in loyalty between outgroups and ingroups in politics are unlikely to be influenced by candidate recruitment practices.

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