Political recruitment and electoral success: A look at sex differences in municipal elections

1986 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence W. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Municipal Elections ◽  
Electoral Success ◽  
Political Recruitment

Ontario Municipal Elections: Voting Trends and Determinants of Electoral Success in a Canadian Province

1997 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 539-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Kushner ◽  
David Siegel ◽  
Hannah Stanwick
Keyword(s):  
Voter Turnout ◽  
Success Rates ◽  
Canadian Province ◽  
Municipal Elections ◽  
Electoral Success ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Campaign Expenditures ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time

AbstractThis article examines voting trends in recent Ontario elections and the impact of incumbency, gender, campaign expenditures and the number of candidates per seat on the electoral success of a candidate. Voter turnout is found to be consistently lower in larger cities. The number of females holding office has increased over time, with large cities having the highest proportion of females in office. As candidates, males and females have similar success rates. Incumbency provides a huge advantage, especially in large cities. The level of campaign spending also has a significant effect as does the number of candidates contesting a seat.

scholarly journals Using a Continuous Measure of Genderedness to Assess Sex Differences in the Attitudes of the Political Elite

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Erik Lönnqvist ◽  
Ville-Juhani Ilmarinen
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Political Behavior ◽  
Political Attitudes ◽  
Social Attitudes ◽  
Political Elite ◽  
The Political ◽  
Continuous Measure ◽  
Municipal Elections ◽  
Women Candidates ◽  
Dimensional Measure

AbstractWe investigated the attitudes of the 11,410 candidates in the Finnish 2017 municipal elections who had responded to a Voting Advice Application. Women candidates were, both in terms of economic and social attitudes, more progressive than men. Building on the gender diagnosticity approach, we used responses to the attitude items to construct a dimensional measure of political genderedness; i.e., a measure of the femininity–masculinity of the individual’s political attitudes. We used this measure to investigate the magnitude of sex differences across parties and the determinants of these differences. Sex differences were larger in parties with more economically right-oriented, socially conservative, well-off, and male candidates. Moreover, these differences were caused by men in these parties being different from other candidates. A similar methodology, in which a continuous measure of genderedness is used to assess sex differences, could be used in other domains of research on political behavior.

scholarly journals Using a Continuous Measure of Genderedness to assess Sex Differences in the Attitudes of the Political Elite

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan-Erik Lönnqvist ◽  
Ville Juhani Ilmarinen
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Political Behavior ◽  
Political Attitudes ◽  
Social Attitudes ◽  
Political Elite ◽  
The Political ◽  
Continuous Measure ◽  
Municipal Elections ◽  
Women Candidates ◽  
Dimensional Measure

We investigated the attitudes of the 11410 candidates in the Finnish 2017 municipal elections who had responded to a Voting Advice Application. Women candidates were, both in terms of economic and social attitudes, more progressive than men. Building on the gender diagnosticity approach, we used responses to the attitude items to construct a dimensional measure of political genderedness; i.e., a measure of the femininity-masculinity of the individual’s political attitudes. We used this measure to investigate the magnitude of sex differences across parties and the determinants of these differences. Sex differences were larger in parties with more economically right-oriented, socially conservative, well-off, and male candidates. Moreover, these differences were caused by men in these parties being different from other candidates. A similar methodology, in which a continuous measure of genderedness is used to assess sex differences, could be used in other domains of research on political behavior.

The Belfast Protestant Association and the Independent Orange Order, 1901–10

1962 ◽  
Vol 13 (50) ◽  
pp. 117-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.W. Boyle
Keyword(s):  
New Order ◽  
Home Rule ◽  
Municipal Elections ◽  
Electoral Success ◽  
Labour Movement ◽  
Liberal Nationalism ◽  
The North ◽  
External Threat ◽  
The City ◽  
Orange Order

For over ten years (June 1895–January 1906) a conservative and unionist government was in office, and, except for the minor devolution crisis of 1904-5, Irish home rule was not a serious issue at Westminster. In Ulster it was a period of relative quiet, undisturbed by the agitation and riots that had attended the home rule bills of 1886 and 1893. After 1886 conservatives and liberal unionists were united electorally and supported unionist parliamentary candidates, though they retained formally separate organisations; liberal home rulers were politically unimportant for most of the period, though they contested seats in Londonderry, Antrim and Tyrone.In the absence of an immediate external threat dissent grew among those not committed to nationalism. T. W. Russell, M.P. for South Tyrone, found himself increasingly at variance with his leaders over the claims of tenant farmers and stood as an independent unionist in 1906; he was later to become a home rule liberal. At the Belfast municipal elections of 1897 the labour movement of the city returned six candidates, and during the following decade contested the North Belfast parliamentary seat in three successive years. A serious and embarrassing challenge to the leadership of Ulster unionism and the Orange Order was offered by the electoral success in 1902 of T. H. Sloan, a shipyard worker and master of an Orange lodge, and by the formation of the Independent Orange Order in the following year. Sloan, who held his South Belfast seat until 1910, contended that official unionist and Orange leaders disregarded working-class interests and were too ready to yield to catholic and nationalist pressure. The radicalism of the new order was strengthened by one of its officers, Robert Lindsay Crawford, who wished it to follow his own evolution towards liberal nationalism. It is the purpose of this paper to trace the origin and growth of the Independent Orange Order, its rôle in the general election of 1906 and the revival of Ulster liberalism, and its relationship with the Belfast labour movement.

scholarly journals Le amministrative 2019 a Firenze e le cifre del PD

2019 ◽  
Vol 82 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-48
Author(s):  
Graziana Corica
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Democratic Party ◽  
Causal Relation ◽  
Municipal Elections ◽  
Electoral Success ◽  
Urban Regime ◽  
The Social ◽  
Local Politicians ◽  
Five Star Movement ◽  
The City

The 2019 municipal elections in Florence confirm the electoral success of the Democratic Party and the Mayor, Dario Nardella. The center-right candidate, Ubaldo Bocci, an entrepreneur and member of local catholic associations, collected 25% of the votes. The Five Star Movement, with Roberto De Blasi as mayoral candidate, and the left candidate Antonella Bundu got about 7% of the electoral preferences each.In which areas of the city did the PD win? Is it possible establish a causal relation between voting behaviour, the neighbourhood and sociodemographic variables? To answer these questions, the article examines the electoral results through a geographical approach, based on the 72 «elementary areas» of Florence and other variables provided by ISTAT. This analysis identifies four macro-areas, distinguished for the different combinations of the presence of the political parties. Overall, the preferences collected by the PD, more than 50%, make difficult to found a link between the vote and the social background.In order to understand the electoral success of the PD and of local politicians other factors, like political culture or specific contextual features, have to be taken into consideration. Indeed, from a qualitative perspective, this contribution suggests to consider Florence as a «urban regime», composed by several actors who share interests and visions about the growth of the city.

A Megamayor for All People? Voting Behaviour and Electoral Success in the 1997 Toronto Municipal Election

2000 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 549-568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Stanwick
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Municipal Elections ◽  
Electoral Success ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Recent Scholarship ◽  
The People ◽  
Local Politicians ◽  
Electoral Behaviour ◽  
Municipal Election ◽  
The Relationship

Case studies of municipal elections hold little appeal for students of local government. Recent scholarship for the most part has focused on gender or the election of councillors, but studies of mayoral contests are virtually non–existent. This is somewhat surprising, considering the constituent size of several large Canadian municipalities where local government leaders are directly elected. If indeed local government is the level closest to the people, a study of municipal electoral behaviour in large cities can provide insights about the relationship between local politicians and the electorate.

Ukraine enters new territory with majority parliament

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Municipal Elections ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Electoral Success ◽  
Soviet State ◽  
Absolute Majority ◽  
The People ◽  
First Time

Significance The news comes on the heels of the July 22 election which means that for the first time since 1991, the Verkhovna Rada (parliament).will be controlled by one party without the need to form a coalition. Zelensky's Servant of the People will take 254 votes, giving it an absolute majority. Impacts The election has been generally acknowledged as free and fair -- an achievement for any post-Soviet state. The Zelensky administration's electoral success will prompt it to hold early municipal elections, initially to oust Kyiv's mayor. Servant of the People may grow so unwieldy as to become ungovernable and may eventually disintegrate.

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