Table 2. Associations between real election outcomes and face-based inferences of competence.

	Average Agreement		Cross-country Comparison
	U.S. Electiona	Korean Electionb	U.S—Koreanc
All participants (N = 80)	54.60%	54.15%	0.45%
SD	8.46%	7.50%	t (79) = 0.38
95% CI	[53.03%, Inf)	[52.76%, Inf)	[-1.89%, 2.79%]
Caucasian participants (N = 40)	55.33%	55.46%	-0.13%
SD	8.87%	7.45%	t (39) = -0.08
95% CI	[52.97%, Inf)	[53.47%, Inf)	[-3.38%, 3.14%]
Korean participants (N = 40)	53.87%	52.85%	1.02%
SD	8.08%	7.41%	t (39) = 0.59
95% CI	[51.71%, Inf)	[50.88%, Inf)	[-2.48%, 4.51%]

^aAverage agreement between U.S. election outcomes and face-based inferences of competence, and its one-sided t-test against chance level 50%.

^bAverage agreement between Korean election outcomes and face-based inferences of competence, and its one-sided t-test against chance level 50%.

^cTwo-sided t-tests on the average agreement across U.S. and Korean elections.