The political glass cliff: When left-wing orientation leads to minority candidate choices for hard-to-win seats |
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Institution: | 1. UER Développement de l’enfant à l’adulte (DV), Haute École Pédagogique Vaud, Avenue de Cour 33, 1014 Lausanne, Switzerland;2. UER Pédagogie spécialisée (PS), Haute École Pédagogique Vaud, Avenue de Cour 33, 1014 Lausanne, Switzerland;1. Département de psychologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1K 2R1;2. Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Canada;3. Concordia University, Montréal, Canada;4. Université Laval, Québec, Canada;1. Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, CRFDP (EA 7475), 76000 Rouen, France;2. Center for Research on the Psychology of Cognition, Language and Emotion (PsyCLE), Aix Marseille University, Aix-en-Provence, France;1. GREGOR, IAE de Paris, Paris-1-Panthéon Sorbonne, centre of research of Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan School, université Paris Sorbonne, Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan, France;2. Laboratoire de psychologie sociale (EA4471), institut de psychologie, université de Paris, Paris, France |
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Abstract: | IntroductionGlass cliff evidence shows that women and ethnic, racial, and immigration (ERI) groups are more likely to face precarious leadership positions than majority groups. In politics, this is illustrated by minority candidates running for harder-to-win seats than majority candidates.ObjectiveThe present research extends these correlational findings on ERI populations to an experimental setting and investigates the underlying reasons.MethodTwo scenario-based experimental studies were conducted with voting populations in France and Switzerland, who took the role of party decision-maker. In Study 1 (n = 64), we manipulated candidate origin and measured the choice of political ward (hard vs. easy-to-win), while in Study 2 (n = 151), we manipulated ward winnability and measured candidate choice (ERI minority vs. majority).ResultsOverall, findings suggest that ERI minority (compared to majority) political candidates were more likely to be matched with hard-to-win than easy-to-win political wards. Of interest, this finding only occurred for participants with a political left-wing orientation. Moreover, both studies investigated the reasons underlying such tendency and, in particular, focused on participants’ motivation to implement change.ConclusionThe discussion confronts hostile and benign motives for glass cliff decisions and highlights the potentially distinct consequences for minority candidates. |
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Keywords: | Glass cliff Political orientation Change motives Ethnic Racial and immigration minority Falaise de verre Orientation politique Motivations pour le changement Minorités ethniques |
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