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Predicting elections: child's play!

John Antonakis1, Olaf Dalgas

  • 1Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. john.antonakis@unil.ch

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Children and adults can predict election outcomes based on candidate faces. Both age groups

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology, Political Science, Behavioral Economics

Background:

  • Facial appearance influences voter perception and election outcomes.
  • Previous research has primarily focused on adult voters' perceptions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether children's facial preferences can predict election results.
  • To compare children's and adults' predictive accuracy in election outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • Two experiments were conducted involving children and adults rating candidate faces.
  • Adults rated faces based on perceived competence.
  • Children rated faces based on preference for a hypothetical role (boat captain).

Main Results:

  • Both children's and adults' facial preferences correlated with actual election outcomes.
  • The predictive accuracy was consistent across both age groups.

Conclusions:

  • Facial appearance plays a role in political perception across different age groups.
  • The ability to infer traits from faces, influencing voting behavior, may develop early in life.