Are preferences for political candidates influenced by how old they appear to be? Amazon Mechanical Turk workers and undergraduate students were shown photos of 93 state legislators as candidates in hypothetical elections. Other information about the candidates (e.g., party affiliation) was held constant, randomized, or not presented. For very young candidates (< 35 years old), participants favored women over men. However, participants’ intention to vote for male candidates increased with age until candidates were about 45 years old and then slightly decreased. In contrast, participants’ intention to vote for female candidates consistently decreased with candidates’ age. Perceived attractiveness and warmth accounted for some of the gender differences in the effect of candidates’ perceived age.

对政治候选人的偏好是否受到他们年龄的影响？Amazon Mechanical Turk 工人和本科生看到了 93 位州议员在假设选举中作为候选人的照片。有关候选人的其他信息（例如，党派）保持不变、随机化或不提供。对于非常年轻的候选人（<35 岁），参与者更喜欢女性而不是男性。然而，参与者投票给男性候选人的意愿随着年龄的增长而增加，直到候选人大约 45 岁，然后略有下降。相比之下，参与者投票给女性候选人的意愿随着候选人年龄的增长而持续下降。感知吸引力和热情可以解释候选人感知年龄效应中的一些性别差异。