Search Results - "Electoral studies"

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The rise of negative partisanship and the nationalization of U.S. elections in the 21st century

by Abramowitz, Alan I Webster, Steven Published in Electoral studies (01.03.2016)

“...One of the most important developments affecting electoral competition in the United States has been the increasingly partisan behavior of the American...”

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Explaining voter turnout: A meta-analysis of national and subnational elections

by Cancela, João Geys, Benny Published in Electoral studies (01.06.2016)

“...Research about voter turnout has expanded rapidly in recent years. This article takes stock of this development by extending the meta-analysis of Geys (2006)...”

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The embarrassment of riches? A meta-analysis of individual-level research on voter turnout

by Smets, Kaat van Ham, Carolien Published in Electoral studies (01.06.2013)

“...Voter turnout has puzzled political scientists ever since Anthony Downs postulated the paradox of voting. Despite decades of research aiming to understand what...”

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140 characters to victory?: Using Twitter to predict the UK 2015 General Election

by Burnap, Pete Gibson, Rachel Sloan, Luke Southern, Rosalynd Williams, Matthew Published in Electoral studies (01.03.2016)

“...This paper uses Twitter data to forecast the outcome of the 2015 UK General Election. While a number of empirical studies to date have demonstrated striking...”

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Democratic Electoral Systems around the world, 1946–2011

by Bormann, Nils-Christian Golder, Matt Published in Electoral studies (01.06.2013)

“...This research note describes an update to Golder's (2005)Democratic Electoral Systems (DES) dataset. We extend the temporal scope of the original dataset by...”

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Turning against the Union? The impact of the crisis on the Eurosceptic vote in the 2014 European Parliament elections

by Hobolt, Sara B de Vries, Catherine Published in Electoral studies (01.12.2016)

“...The 2014 European Parliament elections were held against the backdrop of the worst economic crisis in post-war Europe. The elections saw an unprecedented surge...”

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Social media and political communication in the 2014 elections to the European Parliament

by Nulty, Paul Theocharis, Yannis Popa, Sebastian Adrian Parnet, Olivier Benoit, Kenneth Published in Electoral studies (01.12.2016)

“...Social media play an increasingly important part in the communication strategies of political campaigns by reflecting information about the policy preferences...”

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Expressing or fuelling discontent? The relationship between populist voting and political discontent

by Rooduijn, Matthijs van der Brug, Wouter de Lange, Sarah L Published in Electoral studies (01.09.2016)

“...Many studies have found that political discontent and populist voting are positively related. Yet, an important shortcoming of these studies is that they...”

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Second-order effects plus pan-European political swings: An analysis of European Parliament elections across time

by Hix, Simon Marsh, Michael Published in Electoral studies (2011)

“...After seven waves of European Parliament elections and European Union enlargement to 27 states, the time is ripe to analyse the temporal robustness of the...”

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Issue salience, issue ownership, and issue-based vote choice

by Bélanger, Éric Meguid, Bonnie M Published in Electoral studies (2008)

“...According to the issue ownership theory of voting, voters identify the most credible party proponent of a particular issue and cast their ballots for that...”

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