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You vote for politicians based on their views, right? That’s how it works in theory, but other facts can sway your votes like politician’s voice. Because a study showed that the deeper the voice, the more electable the candidate. And not just for men, deeper voice women have advantage over other women. Even when they’re running positions traditionally held by women, like the school board, or PTA president. So says the study in the journal Plos One.

Researchers play undergraduates recordings¹ like this:

I urge you to bought for me this November.

Then they asked the students to vote for one of them for the school board for the PTA. And each marked an election, the deeper voice woman slapped about 70% of the votes. Women’s voices are naturally deepened with age. So researchers say we might be bias² to select older women as leaders.

And previous studies have showed that women with deeper voices are seen as much more competent, trustworth and strong. Margaret Thatcher³ used that as her advantage, she was famously coached to deepen her voice.

So such a woman ahead of him again?

Other politicians might deal out to follow her lead, when they made their pitch to voters.

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1 recordings
n.记录( recording的名词复数 )；录音；录像；唱片
参考例句：
a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带 old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐

2 bias
n.偏见，偏心，偏袒；vt.使有偏见
参考例句：
They are accusing the teacher of political bias in his marking.他们在指控那名教师打分数有政治偏见。 He had a bias toward the plan.他对这项计划有偏见。

3 thatcher
n.茅屋匠
参考例句：
Tom Sawyer was in the skiff that bore Judge Thatcher. 汤姆 - 索亚和撒切尔法官同乘一条小艇。来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险 Mrs. Thatcher was almost crazed; and Aunt Polly, also. 撒切尔夫人几乎神经失常，还有波莉姨妈也是。来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险