Voters’ Punitive Responses to Politicians’ Moral Violations

• In Event: Leadership Expectations and Norm Violations

Brief Overview

Although scholars find that politicians are often not electorally punished for their immoral behaviour, this does not mean that voters do not care. In this experimental study we examine US voters’ intention to punish politicians’ moral transgressions

Authors

• Annemarie Sophie Walter, University of Nottingham

• David P. Redlawsk, University of Delaware