Did sexist voters bring Italy its first female Prime Minister?
We examined the role of hostile sexism in vote at the 2022 general election in Italy, where the largest among center-right parties was led by a woman, Giorgia Meloni. We analyzed data from a sample of 1635 voters who participated in the 2022 ITANES survey. Hostile sexism was associated with male ge...
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We examined the role of hostile sexism in vote at the 2022 general election in Italy, where the largest among center-right parties was led by a woman, Giorgia Meloni. We analyzed data from a sample of 1635 voters who participated in the 2022 ITANES survey. Hostile sexism was associated with male gender, lower education, higher religiosity, and right-wing orientation. As to vote choice, hostile sexism was positively associated with vote for Brothers of Italy and the other center-right parties. However, such association was significantly moderated by the evaluation of Giorgia Meloni, and disappeared among voters with a positive evaluation of her. Discussion focusses on the interplay between gender-related attitudes and candidate-based heuristics in vote choice.
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| spelling | doaj-art-0cfe0c9c90ea4add9f19d91b6444facd2025-07-18T12:53:51ZengFirenze University PressQOE-IJES0392-67532724-46792024-11-0187210.36253/qoe-16087Did sexist voters bring Italy its first female Prime Minister?Mauro Bertolotti0Laura Picciafoco1Patrizia Catellani2Catholic University of MilanCatholic University of MilanCatholic University of Milan We examined the role of hostile sexism in vote at the 2022 general election in Italy, where the largest among center-right parties was led by a woman, Giorgia Meloni. We analyzed data from a sample of 1635 voters who participated in the 2022 ITANES survey. Hostile sexism was associated with male gender, lower education, higher religiosity, and right-wing orientation. As to vote choice, hostile sexism was positively associated with vote for Brothers of Italy and the other center-right parties. However, such association was significantly moderated by the evaluation of Giorgia Meloni, and disappeared among voters with a positive evaluation of her. Discussion focusses on the interplay between gender-related attitudes and candidate-based heuristics in vote choice. https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/qoe/article/view/16087Hostile SexismGenderVoting ChoicePolitical OrientationCandidate Evaluation |
| spellingShingle | Mauro Bertolotti Laura Picciafoco Patrizia Catellani Did sexist voters bring Italy its first female Prime Minister? QOE-IJES Hostile Sexism Gender Voting Choice Political Orientation Candidate Evaluation |
| title | Did sexist voters bring Italy its first female Prime Minister? |
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| title_short | Did sexist voters bring Italy its first female Prime Minister? |
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| topic | Hostile Sexism Gender Voting Choice Political Orientation Candidate Evaluation |
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