Social Desirability Effects and Support for a Female American President

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Social Desirability Effects and Support for a Female American President

Streb, Matthew J. - Personal Name; Burrell, Barbara - Personal Name; Frederick, Brian - Personal Name; Genovese, Michael A. - Personal Name;

Public opinion polls show consistently that a substantial portion of the American public would vote for a
qualified female presidential candidate. Because of the controversial nature of such questions, however,
the responses may suffer from social desirability effects. In other words, respondents may be purposely
giving false answers as not to violate societal norms. Using an unobtrusive measure called the "list experiment," we find that public opinion polls are indeed exaggerating support for a female president. Roughly 26 percent of the public is "angry or upset" about the prospect of a female president. Moreover, this level of dissatisfaction is constant across several demographic groups.

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Series Title: Public Opinion Quarterly
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Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press., 2008
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Language: English
ISBN/ISSN: 0033-362X
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Edition: Vol. 72, No. 1, Page 76-89
Subject(s): Female American President
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