Gender Differences and Political Candidates - Voters Want Competent Men, Attractive Women

What's more important to voters, competence or attractiveness in a candidate?

In this latest election go-round, we seem to have gotten a clear-cut answer. But a study recently released by researchers at Northwestern University indicates that women can't make it on abilities alone and that their looks really matter to voters.

CNN has more on the study, including the reasons why men need only be competent - and not necessarily good-looking - to get elected.