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Want to win at politics? Dress the part

Posted Aug 23, 2010 by Cloe Cabrera

Updated Aug 23, 2010 at 12:05 PM

If you want to be a winner in politics, dress like either President Obama or Nancy Pelosi.

According to Huffington Post’s Style vs. Substance poll, conducted with Weatherproof, a majority (55.2% compared to 45.3%) say that presentation matters more than a politician’s policies. Two out of five (40%) said they’d opt to vote for a candidate who dresses well. The Poll also reveals Most Stylish politicians.

Here is a link to the survey results http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/16/style-vs-substance-survey_n_683070.html. 

President Obama and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi were voted the most stylish politicians, according to Weatherproof®’s Substance vs. Style poll which polled close to 18,000 people.

Other surprising findings?

More than 55 percent of those surveyed said that presentation matters, while only 45 percent said that a politician’s policies are more important than their presentation. Close to 40 perecent said they would be more likely to vote for a candidate who dresses well.

As for the hair, about 96 percent said that it wasn’t important for a politician to have a healthy, full head of hair, 33 perecent said that they would be less likely to vote for an overweight candidate, suggesting that when it comes to politicians’ appearance, Americans voters care about weight, than hair.

Here are the rest of the rankings for most stylish female politicos.

Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services
Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State
Mary Bono, Congresswoman
Jennifer Granholm, Michigan Governor
Barbara Boxer, California Sentor
Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Senator
Sarah Palin, Former Alaska Governor
Michele Bachmann, Congresswoman
Mary Landrieu, Louisiana Senator

Most stylish male politicians after President Obama:

Bill Clinton, Former President of the United States
Scott Brown, Mass, Congressman
Andrew Cuomo, New York State Attorney General
Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Governor
Mitt Romney, Former Governor of Massachusetts
Eric Cantor, Minority Whip
George W. Bush, Former President of the United States
John Boehner, House Minority Leader