Abstract

Theory: Theories of social-group behavior and issue salience are merged to introduce the idea of group-salient issues. Hypotheses: Certain women's issues in the 1992 Senate elections were salient only to women when voting in contests where one of the candidates was a woman. Methods: Logit analysis of voting for U.S. senator from the 1992 National Election Study and from Voter Research and Surveys state exit polls (VRS). Results: Women's voting for female Senate candidates in 1992 was related to issues affecting uniquely women's interests where women might be perceived as more competent than men.

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