Bias and Low Identity Salience as an Explanation for the Lack of Non-religious Representatives In the United States

• In Event: JSS 10
  In JSS Session: New Faces in Political Experiments

Brief Overview

This paper uses a candidate choice experiment to answer the research question: Does descriptive representation matter for non-religious persons’ vote choice and under what conditions can non-religious identity be made more salient for vote choice?

Author

• Spencer Kiesel, UC Davis