Cross-pressures and the European lavender vote: testing the conditionality of the sexuality gap
Cross-pressures and the European lavender vote: testing the conditionality of the sexuality gap
Emerging evidence points towards the existence of a “sexuality gap” in the political preferences and behaviour of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) voters and that of heterosexuals in Western Europe. Very little is known, however, about how this gap is moderated by socio-economic status. This paper tests the conditionality of the sexuality gap by analysing how the effect of LGB status is conditioned by income and education. Empirically, we rely on data from the European Social Survey (2002-2017) to analyse the marginal effect of sexuality in determining ideological placement, vote choice and support for economic redistribution across different income and education levels. The results demonstrate that the divergence between LGBs’ and heterosexuals’ preferences only emerges amongst those with higher income and education. The findings also suggest that the sexuality gap may be the result of the asymmetric effect of these socio-economic variables for LGBs and heterosexuals.
Cross-pressures, Gay vote, LGBT+, Sexuality, Voting behaviour, Western Europe
Turnbull-Dugarte, Stuart J.
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December 2020
Turnbull-Dugarte, Stuart J.
e25c6280-842c-407f-a961-6472eea5d845
Turnbull-Dugarte, Stuart J.
(2020)
Cross-pressures and the European lavender vote: testing the conditionality of the sexuality gap.
Electoral Studies, 68, [102234].
(doi:10.1016/j.electstud.2020.102234).
Abstract
Emerging evidence points towards the existence of a “sexuality gap” in the political preferences and behaviour of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) voters and that of heterosexuals in Western Europe. Very little is known, however, about how this gap is moderated by socio-economic status. This paper tests the conditionality of the sexuality gap by analysing how the effect of LGB status is conditioned by income and education. Empirically, we rely on data from the European Social Survey (2002-2017) to analyse the marginal effect of sexuality in determining ideological placement, vote choice and support for economic redistribution across different income and education levels. The results demonstrate that the divergence between LGBs’ and heterosexuals’ preferences only emerges amongst those with higher income and education. The findings also suggest that the sexuality gap may be the result of the asymmetric effect of these socio-economic variables for LGBs and heterosexuals.
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Accepted/In Press date: 4 October 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 4 October 2020
Published date: December 2020
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Cross-pressures, Gay vote, LGBT+, Sexuality, Voting behaviour, Western Europe
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ISSN: 0261-3794
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