1 Supplementary material to The looks of a winner: Beauty and electoral success

Pertaining to section 1: More on voters ’ stated grounds for choosing a candidate to vote for There were 753 respondents in the Finnish election study from the 2003 parliamentary election, and these are the percentages of respondents who replied that a certain factor was “pivotal or fairly important” for their choice of candidate, as reported by Bengtsson and Grönlund (2005, 245): • candidate’s opinions and positions taken: 82% • candidate supports the same party as respondent: 74% • candidate’s previous experience from politics: 56% • candidate’s educational background: 37% • candidate’s gender: 33% • candidate’s external habitus and style: 32% • candidate is publicly known: 32% • candidate’s age: 28% • electoral campaigning and advertisements: 19% • candidate recommended by a friend or relative: 10% • candidate supported by NGOs: 4%. * Corresponding author