Author of Working Class Inclusion.
Editor @bjpols.bsky.social.
Director @egenpolisci.bsky.social.
Series Editor Elements in Gender & Politics.
Tiffany Barnes
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This generates all kinds of negative externalities for ♀ candidates—one of which we explore. Whereas opposition candidates typically benefit from using negativity to highlight problems & mobilize voter dissatisfaction, ♀ appear less able to deploy these tactics without public backlash.
Trump 2 has been considerably more stable than Trump’s first admin, but 🚺 account for 4 of 5 cabinet departures, sending strong signals about whose voice belongs in decision-making. This cabinet is about to be as male as George H.W. Bush's! More on 🚺 & executive branch politics: tinyurl.com/yrvc5je7
As my coauthor Charles Crabtree put it: “This creates a strategic dilemma: the kinds of messages that can be effective for men may actually hurt women on the campaign trail.” He summarizes our study (w. Akitaka Matsuo & @yoshiono.bsky.social) here:
www.monash.edu/news/article...
We don’t look at abuse/threats but our study also finds ♀ candidates in UK elections have different online experiences than ♂
When ♀ use negative language, they are more likely to face backlash, receive more negative replies & less engagement online
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
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Tiffany Barnes
East said online abuse and threats dissuaded women from standing. “We have to change the way that we do politics and democracy and make sure that platforms take women’s safety more seriously,” she said.
Wrapping up another great semester at UT. Celebrating our graduating seniors at our Countdown to Commencement! Hook’em
Celebrated Arbor Day today with a visit from my arborist—caring for my trees and making plans for a new one!
Voters are ~4X as likely to be able to vote for a David as for a Sarah… there are 516 Davids, 453 Johns, 385 Pauls & 137 Sarahs among the candidates.
“…our needs & experiences are not going to be represented by an endless supply of Davids and Johns” -Penny East
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
