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  • Persistence of voice pitch bias against policy differences

  • Asli Ceren Cinar, Özgür Kıbrıs
  • Journal:
    Political Science Research and Methods / Volume 12 / Issue 3 / July 2024
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    31 October 2023, pp. 591-605
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  • We use an online experiment to study the relative effect on voter behavior of a candidate’s voice pitch and policy stance. We demonstrate a strong voice-pitch bias: between candidates who are identical in every other aspect, voters are more likely to choose the one with the lower voice-pitch, and more so in elections between men than women candidates. We then introduce a novel phenomenon: persistence of voice-pitch bias is the amount of policy difference needed to compensate for voice-pitch bias. While persistence is also gender-dependent, the effect is now reversed: voice-pitch bias is more persistent in elections between women than men candidates. As a possible mechanism, we show that voters perceive candidates with lower voice-pitch as more competent and trustworthy.