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work_uzfwyf5gdjfo7liadf2aex2tzy	Andrew Edward White	Beauty at the Ballot Box	2013	9	.pdf	application/pdf	5816	529	50	Beauty at the Ballot Box: Disease Threats Predict Preferences for Physically Attractive Leaders suggest another explanation—that preferences for physically attractive leaders may be related to functional disease-avoidance mechanisms. cue to health, people concerned with disease should especially prefer physically attractive leaders. elevated disease threats, physically attractive candidates are more likely to be elected (Study 1). activating disease concerns leads people to especially value physical attractiveness in leaders (Study 2) and prefer more In Studies 2 and 3, we manipulated the presence of disease threats and measured both stated preferences for physically attractive leaders and inclinations to In Study 1, we examined the relationship between disease threats and preferences for physically attractive disease threats increase preferences for physically attractive leaders. about disease should prefer physically attractive people threat, preferences for physically attractive leaders are In four studies, we documented the predicted relationship between disease threats and preferences for physically attractive leaders.	./cache/work_uzfwyf5gdjfo7liadf2aex2tzy.pdf	./txt/work_uzfwyf5gdjfo7liadf2aex2tzy.txt