Tiffany D. Barnes

University of Kentucky

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American Party Women

Political Research Quarterly (2016)

Tiffany D. Barnes Erin Cassese

Research on the gender gap in American politics has focused on average differences between male and female voters. This has led to an underdeveloped understanding of sources of heterogeneity among women and, in particular, a poor understanding of the political preferences of Republican women. We argue that although theories of ideological sorting suggest gender gaps should exist primarily between political parties, gender socialization theories contend that critical differences lie at the intersection of gender and party such that gender differences likely persist within political parties. Using survey data from the 2012 American National Election Study, we evaluate how party and gender intersect to shape policy attitudes. We find that gender differences in policy attitudes are more pronounced in the Republican Party than in the Democratic Party, with Republican women reporting significantly more moderate views than their male counterparts. Mediation analysis reveals that the gender gaps within the Republican Party are largely attributable to gender differences in beliefs about the appropriate scope of government and attitudes toward gender-based inequality. These results afford new insight into the joint influence of gender and partisanship on policy preferences and raise important questions about the quality of representation Republican women receive from their own party.

Gender gap

Socialization

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Representation

10.1177/1065912916675738

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Replication Data for: Defending the Realm: The Appointment of Female Defense Ministers Worldwide Appendix Charts 1 and 2.do

Harvard Dataverse (2017)

Tiffany D. Barnes Z. O'Brien Diana

Realm

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10.7910/dvn/tr4ouk/eek9qv

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Experiences of Scholars Working at the Nexus of Legislative Studies and REP Research: A Message from the Guest Editors

PS Political Science & Politics (2022)

Tiffany D. Barnes Christopher J. Clark

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10.1017/s1049096522000658

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Election Law Reform in Chile: The Implementation of Automatic Registration and Voluntary Voting

Election Law Journal Rules Politics and Policy (2014)

Tiffany D. Barnes Gabriela Rangel

In 2012, Chile passed a major election law reform to adopt automatic registration and voluntary voting. Prior to this, Chile, like most Latin American countries, had a compulsory voting law. With this reform, Chile became one of only a few countries to ever move from compulsory to voluntary voting. Since the new law came into effect, two elections have taken place. The purpose of this research note is to review registration and turnout patterns in comparative historical terms, discuss the pros and cons of the election law reform, and to evaluate the 2012 and 2013 election outcomes with respect to voter turnout and election results. We describe the background of voter registration and turnout under the old system; discuss the debate surrounding the election law reform; and review the impact of the reform on turnout patterns.

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Election Law

Voter registration

Ranked voting system

10.1089/elj.2013.0205

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Conclusion

Cambridge University Press eBooks (2016)

Tiffany D. Barnes

Collaboration is an essential component of democracy. It is widespread across legislatures, but some legislators have more incentives to collaborate than others. In particular, legislators who are not in positions of power – such as women – can use collaboration to attain political power and influence the policy-making process. Perhaps this is why most scholarship emphasizes the competitive aspects of democracy, paying little attention to collaboration. When we focus primarily on privileged groups – those groups who designed institutions to benefit themselves – we overlook this aspect of democracy. It is only as we focus on groups that face structural barriers in institutions that the need for collaboration becomes apparent.

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10.1017/cbo9781316534281.008

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Replication Data for: Assessing Ballot Structure and Split Ticket Voting: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment bta_jop_DinD.r

Harvard Dataverse (2016)

Tiffany D. Barnes

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10.7910/dvn/udvexn/oydrnu

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Replication Data for: Assessing Ballot Structure and Split Ticket Voting: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment precinct_ev_2011.tab

Harvard Dataverse (2016)

Tiffany D. Barnes

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Readme.pdf

Harvard Dataverse (2019)

Mirya R. Holman Tiffany D. Barnes

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Corruption, Accountability, and Women’s Access to Power

The Journal of Politics (2021)

Brenna Armstrong Tiffany D. Barnes Diana Z. O’Brien Michelle M. Taylor‐Robinson

Corruption is sustained by powerful male networks, reinforcing women’s exclusion from politics. Yet, contrary to this conventional wisdom, we theorize that corruption can sometimes increase women’s access to power. Since women are often perceived as “cleaner” than men, where institutions allow heads of government to be held accountable on economic issues, chief executives may use women’s inclusion in high-profile posts to signal that they are curbing the abuse of public office for private gain. Examining upward of 150 countries over 16 years, we investigate whether and where corruption is linked to the presence of women finance ministers—a high-profile post capable of quelling economic malfeasance. We show that increases in corruption bolster women’s presence, particularly in countries with free and fair elections and presidential systems. That our results hold only in contexts of high accountability suggests this relationship is not endogenous but reflects chief executives’ efforts to preempt punishment.

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Abuse of power

Political corruption

10.1086/715989

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Sex and ideology: liberal and conservative responses to scandal

Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties (2020)

Gregory W. Saxton Tiffany D. Barnes

Research finds citizens are less likely to penalize politicians implicated in sex scandals compared to corruption. Still, observational data reveals that some politicians have better luck surviving sex scandals than others. Do voters punish politicians for sex scandals? We argue yes – some do. Whereas liberals are inclined to view sex scandals as personal matters – unrelated to a politician's job performance – conservatives are more likely to view sex scandals as moral outrages that disregard traditional values and threaten the social order. Conservatives are thus less forgiving of sex scandals than liberals, especially when women politicians are implicated. Using evidence from a survey experiment in the US designed to isolate the effect of scandal type (corruption vs. sex) and candidate sex, we investigate heterogeneous effects by political ideology. We find that liberals tend to be forgiving of sex scandals, but not corruption. Conservatives, by contrast, punish men's sex scandals on par with men's involvement in corruption. And, conservatives assign women a penalty bonus for either type of scandal. That is, they are significantly more likely than liberals to punish women for involvement in either type of scandal – sex or corruption.

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Luck

10.1080/17457289.2020.1800713

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