Race, gender, and the U.S. presidency: a comparison of implicit and explicit biases in the electorate

• Main Authors: Calvert, Gemma Anne, Evans, Geoffrey, Pathak, Abhishek
• Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science; Implicit Bias; Evaluative Priming
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/160527
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Recent U.S. elections have witnessed the Democrats nominating both black and female presidential candidates, as well as a black and female vice president. The increasing diversity of the U.S. political elite heightens the importance of understanding the psychological factors influencing voter suppor...