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Tirta Susilo

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Is voting skin-deep? Estimating the effect of candidate ballot photographs on election outcomes


In the Northern Territory, Australia, ballot papers for territory elections depict candidates’ photographs. The authors exploit this unusual electoral feature by looking at the effect that candidates’ beauty and skin color has on voting patterns. The results for beauty are mixed, but they find strong evidence that skin color matters. In electorates with a small...

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