Female Candidate Performance and Gender Quotas: The Case of Ecuador

IF 1.6 3区社会学 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Journal of Women Politics & Policy Pub Date : 2022-04-22 DOI:10.1080/1554477X.2022.2066390

Vanessa D. Carrión-Yaguana, Sarah J. Carrington, Gabriel Velástegui Moya

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Ecuador has one of the strongest electoral designs in terms of gender quotas in Latin America. However, there remains a significant gap between the number of women candidates and the number elected. To explain why a quota does not lead to an elected representation proportional to the quota we examine voter bias and elite bias in the legislative elections of 2013 and 2017. Results show gender bias toward female candidates, and not against, which is a surprising result in a country maintaining a culture of traditional gender roles on average. A breakdown of the voting patterns by gender, however, reveals that the overall voter preference for female candidates is driven entirely by stronger female same-gender voting than male same-gender voting. The lack of representation of women as frontrunners in a political party is likely to explain the gap between female candidates and elected members to the National Assembly. Elite bias against women, not voter bias, explains women’s electoral fortunes in Ecuador.

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女性候选人表现与性别配额：以厄瓜多尔为例

摘要：就性别配额而言，厄瓜多尔是拉丁美洲最强大的选举设计之一。然而，女性候选人的人数与当选人数之间仍然存在很大差距。为了解释为什么配额不会导致与配额成比例的民选代表，我们研究了2013年和2017年立法选举中的选民偏见和精英偏见。结果显示，女性候选人有性别偏见，而不是反对，这在一个平均保持传统性别角色文化的国家是一个令人惊讶的结果。然而，按性别划分的投票模式表明，选民对女性候选人的总体偏好完全是由女性同性投票比男性同性投票更强所驱动的。女性在政党中缺乏代表性，这可能解释了女性候选人与国民议会民选议员之间的差距。精英对女性的偏见，而不是选民的偏见，解释了厄瓜多尔女性的选举命运。

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Journal of Women Politics & Policy Multiple-

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1.80

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9.10%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Women, Politics & Policy explores women and their roles in the political process as well as key policy issues that impact women''s lives. Articles cover a range of tops about political processes from voters to leaders in interest groups and political parties, and office holders in the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government (including the increasingly relevant international bodies such as the European Union and World Trade Organization). They also examine the impact of public policies on women''s lives in areas such as tax and budget issues, poverty reduction and income security, education and employment, care giving, and health and human rights — including violence, safety, and reproductive rights — among many others. This multidisciplinary, international journal presents the work of social scientists — including political scientists, sociologists, economists, and public policy specialists — who study the world through a gendered lens and uncover how gender functions in the political and policy arenas. Throughout, the journal places a special emphasis on the intersection of gender, race/ethnicity, class, and other dimensions of women''s experiences.