Mass Affective Polarization in Western Democracies: Do Female Politicians make a Difference?

• In Event: Who's Who and How it Matters: Party Membership and Leadership

Brief Overview

We evaluate how the presence of female political elites in highly visible positions, namely as members of parliament and as party leaders, affects the intensity of affective polarization in western polities.

Authors

• James Adams, University of California-Davis

• Noam Gidron, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

• Will Horne, Princeton University

• Enily March, University of California Davis

• Diana Z. O'Brien, Rice University