Minority Candidates and the Electability Curse: Exploring Causes and Remedies through the Lens of LGBTQ+ Candidates

• In Event: Cross Pressures and Fault Lines III

Brief Overview

I analyze the reasons why electability concerns mostly affect minority candidates and remedies against these concerns. I use the lens of LGBTQ+ candidates, relying on survey experiments with American voters and a unique survey of LGBTQ+ candidates.

Author

• Gabriele Magni, Loyola Marymount University