Gender and vote revelation strategy in the United States Congress.

Legislators approach each election as if they might lose. Electoral insecurity coupled with gender stereotypes held by voters and lawmakers alike may lead female legislators to communicate more voting decisions to voters as a signal of their policy-driven efforts. Using an original data-set of over...

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Published in:	Journal of Gender Studies Vol. 25; no. 6; pp. 626 - 641
Main Author:	Cormack, Lindsey
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Dec2016
Subjects:	United States. Congress Political communication Representative government Gender stereotypes American women in politics Communication styles
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost