...preference the Greens first.

freediver wrote on Nov 19^th, 2007 at 3:46pm:


They never said it is contrary to what men want.

I'll check the link...

http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Female-candidates-get-fewer-votes-study/2007/11/21/1195321833897.html

If Malcolm Turnbull was a woman he would receive 600 fewer votes on Saturday, an academic claims.

That's because voters favour male candidates over female candidates, according to a study by the Australian National University (ANU).

ANU economist Dr Andrew Leigh and Oxford University student Amy King found that female candidates, on average, receive 0.6 per cent fewer votes than their male party counterparts.

"If Malcolm Turnbull (the Member for Wentworth) was in a dress then he would receive 600 fewer votes," Dr Leigh said.

The study looked at 17,000 female candidates who ran for the House of Representatives between 1903 and 2004 taking into account party differences, incumbency and seat margins.

It found for major party candidates the gender gap was around 1.5 per cent which could mean the difference between winning and losing seats, Dr Leigh said.