Tweets, sexism, and the 2016 presidential election

Ann Owen and Andrew Wei ()
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Andrew Wei: Board of Governors of Federal Reserve System

Economics Bulletin, 2022, vol. 42, issue 1, 244 - 254

Abstract: Tweets by Donald Trump insulting women are associated with an increase in sexist Google searches. Variation across media markets in the sensitivity of sexist searches to these Tweets is negatively associated with Clinton's relative vote share. These results suggest a channel through which sexism was activated in a politically consequential way.

Keywords: sexism; Twitter; elections; Google Trends (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D7 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-07-11
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