In how many Presidential primaries or elections has the best-looking candidate won? (by conventional American Hollywood standards say)
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Not sure, but there’s a whole psychology around good-looking people being trusted more.
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"No, good looks don’t win elections" washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-c Study from 2009: people.hmdc.harvard.edu/~renos/papers/
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@MrDoctorWhizz Standards prevailing at a given time in that age range (40-55). Clooney now I'd guess.
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taller also is a component of stronger/more dominant, so some confounding there
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Hmm… this looks interesting. It’s nuanced. Predicting Election Outcomes … [pdf] people.hss.caltech.edu/~rma/Election%
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