Perceived physical attractiveness of supporters of Canada's political parties: Stereotype or in-group bias?

Abstract
One week prior to Canada''s May 1979 federal election and 1 wk prior to the February 1980 election, supporters of each of the 3 major political parties attempted to identify, from photos, supporters of their own party and of the other 2 parties. The photos had previously been scaled in terms of physical attractiveness. In line with an in-group biasing hypothesis, subjects selected more attractive photos as being of supporters of their own party and less attractive photos as being of supporters of other parties. In both studies significant interactions revealed supporters of the New Democratic Party did not sort the photographs in the direction of an in-group favoritism.

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