Pretty faces, marginal races: predicting election outcomes using trait assessments of British Parliamentary candidates

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Pretty faces, marginal races: predicting election outcomes using trait assessments of British Parliamentary candidates

The conventional wisdom on Western European politics leads us to believe that all the “action” lies with parties, because the unified parliamentary delegations in Western Europe draw voters’ attention to parties’ policies and images. Though British elections take place under a single member district...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Mattes, Kyle, Milazzo, Caitlin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2013
Subjects:	British elections Candidate traits Electoral competition
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34565/

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