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Banducci, Susan., Thrasher, Michael., Rallings, Colin. and Karp, Jeffrey. "Candidate Appearance Cues in Low-Information Elections" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia Marriott Hotel, Philadelphia, PA, Aug 27, 2003 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p63785_index.html>

Banducci, S. , Thrasher, M. , Rallings, C. and Karp, J. , 2003-08-27 "Candidate Appearance Cues in Low-Information Elections" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia Marriott Hotel, Philadelphia, PA Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p63785_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: Voters who bother to show up at the polls are sometimes faced with the complex task of choosing among unknown candidates in an election that has received very little media coverage. In the absence of cues such as party and incumbency, how do voters deal with the cognitive demands of decision making in low information elections? One way voters can decide is with the use of other available cues. Lau and Redlawsk (2001) have suggested that photographs be added to ballots in order to aid voter decision making. In this paper we examine a set of elections where candidate photographs were displayed on the ballot. We find that election results favored more attractive candidates but that these effects were conditioned by the electoral rules. Less sophisticated cues such as ballot position were more prominent in STV elections whereas cues based on candidate characteristics were more prominent in multi-member plurality [MMP] elections.

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