We focus on evaluations of loyalty, a key criterion for candidate recruitment across political systems. Specifically, we examine Sweden, where loyalty is the most important factor in candidate selection. Figure captures loyalty's weight in determining candidate appeal.

We first turn to a conjoint experiment with 1,300 party selectors in Sweden to see whether women, youths, and immigrants need to signal greater loyalty to be deemed suitable for office. This is *NOT* the case. Figure captures candidate appeal at different levels of loyalty.