Multidimensional incongruence and vote switching in Europe
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Does ideological incongruence hurt parties in elections? Research on the representational relationship between parties and voters suggests that ideological congruence can boost a party’s electoral prospects. However, while the mechanism is at the individual-level, most of the literature focuses on the party-level. In this article, we develop a set of hypotheses based on a multi-issue conception of party-voter congruence at the individual-level, and examine the electoral consequences of these varying congruence levels in the 2014 European Parliament elections. Consistent with our expectations, comparative analysis finds that ideological and issue-specific incongruence is a significant factor in voting behavior in the European Parliament elections. Although the substantive effects of incongruence are understandably small compared to partisanship, government, or EU performance evaluations, party-voter disagreement consistently matters, and voters’ issue salience is an important moderator of the impact of incongruence on vote choice.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Tidsskrift | Public Choice |
Vol/bind | 176 |
Udgave nummer | 1-2 |
Sider (fra-til) | 267-296 |
Antal sider | 30 |
ISSN | 0048-5829 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 1 jul. 2018 |
ID: 235408913