Disentangling different types of sexist attitudes and vote choice in Germany

Contributors have noticed a rising backlash against women, the increase in misogyny in the public sphere and stalled progress on women’s issues. These developments have sparked a renewed interest in sexism as an explanation for attitudes and behaviors. For instance, hostile sexism is related to support for President Trump (Ratliff et al. 2019, Schaffner 2020), as well as lower levels of competence attribution to female candidates (Paul & Smith 2008). The context of the 2021 Bundestag election in Germany offers an unprecedented opportunity to investigate the salience of these attitudes on voting behavior in Germany. Of importance, one of the political parties' top-list candidate (Annalena Baerbock) elicited some backlash involving stereotypes against agentic women (Redman & Glick 2002, Eagly & Karau 2002). Our paper will examine the role of different forms of sexism on vote choice and candidate sympathy.