Sacrificial Lambs or Freedom Fighters? Women Opposition Candidates, Gender Bias and Legislative Elections in Venezuela

• In Event: Barriers to Female Political Representation

Brief Overview

Using original candidate-level data from two legislative elections (2010 and 2015), this paper investigates the effects of gender bias on candidate placement and success in mixed-majoritarian electoral system in Venezuela.

Author

• Pablo C Hernandez Borges, Texas Tech University