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(Working Toward) Affective Transfer in the Real World (2018)
Book Chapter
Ditonto, T., & Lau, R. R. (2018). (Working Toward) Affective Transfer in the Real World. In H. Lavine, & C. Taber (Eds.), The Feeling, Thinking Citizen: Essays in Honor of Milton Lodge. Routledge

Differences in Appearance-Based Trait Inferences for Male and Female Political Candidates (2018)
Journal Article
Ditonto, T., & Mattes, K. (2018). Differences in Appearance-Based Trait Inferences for Male and Female Political Candidates. Journal of Women, Politics and Policy, 39(4), 430-450. https://doi.org/10.1080/1554477x.2018.1506206

Studies show that automatic trait inferences can predict outcomes of actual elections, but these studies generally include male candidates only. Substantial evidence also shows that female candidates are subject to gender-based stereotypes, which can... Read More about Differences in Appearance-Based Trait Inferences for Male and Female Political Candidates.

Information and its Presentation: Treatment Effects in Low-Information vs. High-Information Experiments (2018)
Journal Article
Andersen, D. J., & Ditonto, T. (2018). Information and its Presentation: Treatment Effects in Low-Information vs. High-Information Experiments. Political Analysis, 26(4), 379-398. https://doi.org/10.1017/pan.2018.21

This article examines how the presentation of information during a laboratory experiment can alter a study’s findings. We compare four possible ways to present information about hypothetical candidates in a laboratory experiment. First, we manipulate... Read More about Information and its Presentation: Treatment Effects in Low-Information vs. High-Information Experiments.

Two’s a Crowd: Women Candidates in Concurrent Elections (2018)
Journal Article
Ditonto, T., & Andersen, D. J. (2018). Two’s a Crowd: Women Candidates in Concurrent Elections. Journal of Women, Politics and Policy, 39(3), 257-284. https://doi.org/10.1080/1554477x.2018.1475790

Most research on evaluations of women candidates considers single elections in isolation. Using two Dynamic Process Tracing experiments, this article examines whether voters alter their evaluations of women candidates, as well as their willingness to... Read More about Two’s a Crowd: Women Candidates in Concurrent Elections.

Measuring Voter Decision Strategies in Political Behavior and Public Opinion Research (2018)
Journal Article
Lau, R. R., Kleinberg, M. S., & Ditonto, T. M. (2018). Measuring Voter Decision Strategies in Political Behavior and Public Opinion Research. Public Opinion Quarterly, 82(S1), 911-936. https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/nfy004

Although political science has advanced the study of voter decision-making, the discipline still understands very little about how citizens go about reaching those decisions. In this article, we introduce a five-factor self-report scale of political... Read More about Measuring Voter Decision Strategies in Political Behavior and Public Opinion Research.