{"id":2425,"date":"2012-01-30T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T14:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/?p=2425"},"modified":"2016-02-22T22:00:39","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T03:00:39","slug":"how-a-candidates-facial-features-can-determine-a-presidential-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/2012\/how-a-candidates-facial-features-can-determine-a-presidential-election\/","title":{"rendered":"How A Candidate\u2019s Facial Features can determine a Presidential Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/012712_1516_HowACandida1.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Slate conducted a recent review of psychological research that looked at how a candidate&#8217;s facial features shape their Election Day outcomes, they found that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For decades experts thought that the relationship was a positive correlation between handsomeness and votes.<\/li>\n<li>More recent studies, however, have found that competence is the most important feature in drawing votes.<\/li>\n<li>Features that suggest competence include: A square jaw, high cheekbones, and large eyes. Based on this Mitt Romney has the advantage over Newt Gingrich.<\/li>\n<li>However voters might also determine their voting decisions based on events at the time. Researchers have found that voters have different facial feature preferences during war and peace time.<\/li>\n<li>Voters are also more likely to vote for the candidate that looks more similar to them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To read more about the history of research on the issue as well as see the application of these findings to recent Presidential elections, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/double_x\/doublex\/2012\/01\/mitt_romney_vs_newt_gingrich_how_much_do_looks_matter_in_presidential_politics_.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/double_x\/doublex\/2012\/01\/mitt_romney_vs_newt_gingrich_how_much_do_looks_matter_in_presidential_politics_.html\">Slate<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slate conducted a recent review of psychological research that looked at how a candidate&#8217;s facial features shape their Election Day outcomes, they found that: For decades experts thought that the relationship was a positive correlation between handsomeness and votes. More recent studies, however, have found that competence is the most important feature in drawing votes. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[78],"class_list":["post-2425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-bulletin","tag-american-elections"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/012712_1516_HowACandida1.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2425"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2431,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425\/revisions\/2431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}