Why Parties Gain Votes When the Public Perceives Them Shifting to the Right.
We combine two dominant approaches to studying how issues influence elections: one that emphasizes parties' issue positions, and the other parties' issue ownership. Research from the latter approach shows that voters ascribe greater economic competence to right-wing parties. Based on this finding, w...
| Publicado en: | Political Studies Vol. 72; no. 3; pp. 1203 - 1223 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Aug2024
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