How Do Voters Evaluate Quota beneficiaries for Career Progression in Politics?

• In Event: Gender Quotas

Brief Overview

We evaluate gender and minority quota beneficiaries' upward progression in politics. We argue that voters' attitudes towards quota beneficiaries are conditional on candidates' intersecting traits. We test this argument using a conjoint experiment.

Authors

• Komal Preet Kaur, University of Colorado Boulder

• Andrew Q Philips, University of Colorado Boulder