The Greater Effects of Sexual Harassment: A Conjoint Analysis Assessing Variation in Political Scandal Effects on Candidate Evaluations in the UK

This paper finds strong evidence that involvement in sexual harassment scandals lowers candidate support to a greater degree than other types of scandals. It also finds that male voters tend to ease the negative effect of sexual harassment when the violators are male candidates.

Keywords: political scandals; sexual harassment; valence issues; candidate evaluations; conjoint analysis

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