Meredith Sadin
Researcher and Lecturer, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
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About Meredith
Sadin’s research focuses on political behavior, experimental methods and inequality. She explores the ways in which citizens use stereotypes about social class to form their policy preferences, select candidates, and make political decisions. Her recent experimental work examines the manner in which candidates’ social class backgrounds affect voters’ evaluations. Sadin is a recipient of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
Contributions
How Voters Evaluate the Class Backgrounds of Candidates
Key Findings Brief,
In the News
Research discussed by , in "Why Joni Ernst Talked about Her Tough Upbringing," New York Times, January 20, 2015.
Quoted by in "The Guy Who Fires You: What Voters Really Think about Romney's Wealth," The New Republic, February 16, 2012.
Publications
"Political Ideology, Skin Tone, and the Psychology of Candidate Evaluations" (with ). Public Opinion Quarterly 79, no. 1 (2015): 53-90.
Examines the role of political ideology in shaping black voters’ evaluations of political candidates’ race and skin tone. Challenges simplistic notions of black preference for descriptive representation.