**Principal investigators:**
**Yanna Krupnikov**
Northwestern University
Email: yanna.krupnikov@northwestern.edu
Homepage: http://www.yannakrupnikov.com/
**Nichole Bauer**
Indiana University
Email: nmbauer@indiana.edu
Homepage: http://mypage.iu.edu/~nmbauer/Nichole_Bauer/Home.html
**Spencer Piston**
University of Michigan
Email: spiston@umich.edu
Homepage: http://spencerpiston.com/
**Sample size:** 858
**Field period:** 08/02/2012-10/24/2012
**Hypotheses**
Offering individuals a chance to explain their choice affects willingness to select a non-traditional candidate.
**Experimental Manipulations**
Structure of choice question
**Outcomes**
Rate of choice
**Summary of Results**
We find that changing the structure of the choice question affects the rate at which individuals choose non-traditional candidates for national office.