How Elites Form Group-Based Electoral Strategies: Experimental Evidence from State Legislative Candidates

• In Event: CwC Experiments and Political Elites: Studying Elites’ Perceptions

Brief Overview

We experimentally test whether party elites' preferences over group-targeted electoral strategies are influenced by whether the group in question is stereotypically aligned with the party and whether the group's support for the party is uncertain.

Authors

• Albert Fang, Yale University

• Adam Thal, Princeton University

• Patrick Tucker, Yale University