Nurturing Democracy? Mediating between Women Chief Executives and Voter Turnout
Location
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Document Type and Release Option
Thesis Presentation (Archived)
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Jamie Scalera
Faculty Mentor Email
jscalera@georgiasouthern.edu
Presentation Year
2020
Start Date
30-11-2020 12:00 AM
End Date
30-11-2020 12:00 AM
Keywords
Georgia Southern University, Honors Program, Virtual Symposium, Gabrielle Peterson
Description
The increased prevalence of female legislators has been shown to increase voter turnout. Overall, a diverse government will feel more democratic and thus more welcoming of participation. I theorize that this remains true with female candidates in executive elections and female chief executives and that both will increase voter turnout.
Academic Unit
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Nurturing Democracy? Mediating between Women Chief Executives and Voter Turnout
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
The increased prevalence of female legislators has been shown to increase voter turnout. Overall, a diverse government will feel more democratic and thus more welcoming of participation. I theorize that this remains true with female candidates in executive elections and female chief executives and that both will increase voter turnout.
Comments
A presentation of “Nurturing Democracy? Mediating between Women Chief Executives and Voter Turnout” by Gabrielle Peterson at the Georgia Southern University Honors Program Fall 2020 Virtual Honors Symposium. Gabrielle is a graduating senior with a double major in Political Science and Writing & Linguistics and was mentored by Dr. Jamie Scalera. For more information about Honors at Georgia Southern see https://georgiasouthern.edu/honors.