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trait ownership: a standalone construct

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Political science

the pattern in which voters see each party's candidates as stronger on certain personal traits, so candidates gain by stressing traits the rival party is seen to lack.

In political science, trait ownership refers to the pattern in which voters see each party's candidates as stronger on certain personal traits, so candidates gain by stressing traits the rival party is seen to lack. This meaning comes from Hayes (2005) in American Journal of Political Science.[1]

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  1. Hayes, D. (2005). Candidate Qualities through a Partisan Lens: A Theory of Trait Ownership. American Journal of Political Science, 49(4), 908-923. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5907.2005.00163.x

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