Do Campaign Events Matter? New Evidence from Voting Advice Applications.

The article focuses on the aggregate vote choice is responsive both to party leader television appearances and to the timing and substance of polling information. It mentions the utility of Voting Advice Applications (VAA) data in detecting campaign effects that cannot be observed using more convent...

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Publicado en:	Political Science Quarterly (Oxford University Press / USA) Vol. 135; no. 2; pp. 259 - 281
Autores principales:	Kilibarda, Anja, Linden, Clifton, Dufresne, Yannick
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Oxford University Press / USA Jun2020
Materias:	Voting Political campaigns Public opinion polls Elections Political party leadership Voting advice applications (Application software) Application software
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Sumario:	The article focuses on the aggregate vote choice is responsive both to party leader television appearances and to the timing and substance of polling information. It mentions the utility of Voting Advice Applications (VAA) data in detecting campaign effects that cannot be observed using more conventional sources of public opinion data. It also mentions that VAAs allow for time‐series cross‐sectional estimates that illuminate the dynamics of public opinion that are not possible using conventional polling data, along with the information on the effect of the polls on vote share is signiﬁcant and positive for the New Democratic Party (NDP).