Should I Stay or Should I Go?: Testing the Influence of Ambivalence on Vote Switching in the German Multi-party Context.

Does political ambivalence increase vote switching? While the effects of ambivalence on vote switching have been investigated in the American political system, its application to multi-party systems has not been explored. To address this gap, this article investigates the effects of ambivalence on v...

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Publicado en:German Politics & Society Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 25 - 64
Autor principal: Dentler, Klara
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Berghahn Books Spring2023
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