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Religion and the Gender Vote Gap

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  • Patrick Emmenegger

    (University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland)

  • Philip Manow

    (University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany)

Abstract

For many years women tended to vote more conservative than men, but since the 1980s this gap has shifted direction: women in many countries are more likely than men to support left parties. The literature largely agrees on a set of political-economic factors explaining the change in women’s political orientation. In this article we demonstrate that these conventional factors fall short in explaining the gender vote gap. We highlight the importance of a religious cleavage in the party system across Western European countries, restricting the free flow of religious voters between left and right parties. Given that surveys show us a constantly higher degree of religiosity among women and a persistent impact of religion on vote choice, religion explains a substantial part of the temporal as well as cross-country variation in the transition from the more conservative to the more progressive voting behavior of women.

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  • Patrick Emmenegger & Philip Manow, 2014. "Religion and the Gender Vote Gap," Politics & Society, , vol. 42(2), pages 166-193, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:polsoc:v:42:y:2014:i:2:p:166-193
    DOI: 10.1177/0032329213519419
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    1. Brice William David & Chu Edward & Jones Wayne, 2016. "Culture-Laden Imports: International Market Entry and Cultural Taboos," International Journal of Management and Economics, Warsaw School of Economics, Collegium of World Economy, vol. 50(1), pages 49-62, June.
    2. Carol Galais & André Blais, 2019. "Is There a Gender Gap in the Sense of Duty to Vote?," Societies, MDPI, vol. 9(4), pages 1-15, November.
    3. Beckmann, Paul & Fulda, Barbara & Kohl, Sebastian, 2020. "Housing and voting in Germany: Multi-level evidence for the association between house prices and housing tenure and party outcomes, 1980-2017," MPIfG Discussion Paper 20/6, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.
    4. Hien, Josef & Kneip, Sascha, 2020. "The Rise of Faith-Based Welfare Providers in Germany and Its Consequences," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 29(2), pages 244-261.

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