Sex and Race: Are Black Candidates More Likely to be Disadvantaged by Sex Scandals?

Political Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-202

  Berinsky, Adam J ^a   Hutchings, Vincent L ^b   Mendelberg, Tali ^c   Shaker, Lee ^c   Valentino, Nicholas A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Race; Stereotypes; Voting behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956285076     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-010-9135-8     Document Type: Article

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