European Election Study, 1989

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Oppenhuis ◽  
Hermann Schmitt
Keyword(s):  
Election Study ◽  
European Election

scholarly journals Between strategy and protest: how policy demand, political dissatisfaction and strategic incentives matter for far-right voting

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 662-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denis Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Election Study ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Political Dissatisfaction ◽  
Strategic Incentives ◽  
Context Dependent ◽  
European Election

AbstractWhat attracts voters to far-right parties? Emphasizing the repercussions of far-right parties' past achievements on the mobilization of voters' electoral demand, this paper develops an argument of context-dependent strategic far-right voting. Far-right parties seek to mobilize on a combination of demand for nativist policies and anti-establishment protest sentiment. Their capacity of doing so, however, critically depends on the strategic incentives they supply. My findings from a comparative analysis based on six waves of the European Election Study show that far-right parties' past attainment of legislative strength boosts the credibility of their policy appeal and broadens the scope of their protest appeal whereas their participation in government jeopardizes their capacity to mobilize on popular discontent.

Ideological voting for radical right parties in Europe

Acta Politica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Ortiz Barquero ◽  
Antonia María Ruiz Jiménez ◽  
Manuel Tomás González-Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Party Systems ◽  
Radical Right ◽  
Election Study ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Electoral Support ◽  
Political Dissatisfaction ◽  
Radical Right Parties ◽  
European Election ◽  
Ideological Voting

AbstractThe aim of this research is to examine to what extent the electoral support for radical right parties (RRPs) is driven by ‘policy voting’ and to compare this support with that of centre-right parties. Using the European Election Study 2019, we focus on six party systems: Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Austria, and the United Kingdom. Our analyses reveal that party preferences for RRPs are better explained by policy considerations than by other alternative explanations (e.g. by ‘globalization losers’ or ‘protest voting’). Additionally, the results show that although preferences for both party families are mainly rooted in ‘policy voting’, notable differences emerge when looking at the role of specific policy dimensions. Overall, these findings suggest that the support for RRPs cannot be understood fundamentally as a mere reaction against economic pauperization or political dissatisfaction but instead as an ideological decision based on rational choice models.

Issue Yield: A Model of Party Strategy in Multidimensional Space

2014 ◽  
Vol 108 (4) ◽  
pp. 870-885 ◽  
Author(s):  
LORENZO DE SIO ◽  
TILL WEBER
Keyword(s):  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Multidimensional Space ◽  
Multidimensional Model ◽  
Election Study ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Simple Index ◽  
Party Strategy ◽  
European Election ◽  
Issue Emphasis

Parties in pluralist democracies face numerous contentious issues, but most models of electoral competition assume a simple, often one-dimensional structure. We develop a new, inherently multidimensional model of party strategy in which parties compete by emphasizing policy issues. Issue emphasis is informed by two distinct goals: mobilizing the party's core voters and broadening the support base. Accommodating these goals dissolves the position-valence dichotomy through a focus on policies that unite the party internally while also attracting support from the electorate at large. We define issue yield as the capacity of an issue to reconcile these criteria, and then operationalize it as a simple index. Results of multilevel regressions combining population survey data and party manifesto scores from the 2009 European Election Study demonstrate that issue yield governs party strategy across different political contexts.

scholarly journals Workers’ EU political alignments during the Great Recession

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 387-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Freire ◽  
Luís Cabrita ◽  
Mariana Carmo Duarte ◽  
Hugo Ferrinho Lopes
Keyword(s):  
Great Recession ◽  
The Other ◽  
Election Study ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Political Alignments ◽  
European Election ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The One ◽  
The Eu

Using data from the European Election Study 2014, this article focuses on workers’ EU political alignments during the Great Recession. It deals with two research questions. First, how does the attitude of (manual) workers towards the EU compare to that of the middle and upper classes in the aftermath of the Great Recession? Second, when it comes to workers’ support for the EU, are there systematic differences between countries affected by the crisis? The article finds that, on the one hand, in terms of patterns of workers’ EU political alignments, there are no systematic differences between countries affected to varying degrees by the Great Recession. On the other hand, workers still feel fundamentally detached from the EU, especially when it comes to the manual workers. However, high levels of generalised detachment from the EU are not clearly translated into preferences for Eurosceptic parties, since there are high levels of vote fragmentation.

Fiscal solidarity: The conditional role of political knowledge

2020 ◽  
pp. 146511652096775
Author(s):  
Klaus Armingeon
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
Political Knowledge ◽  
The Other ◽  
Independent Effect ◽  
Election Study ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Fiscal Support ◽  
European Election ◽  
The Eu

In order to cope with the economic fall-out from the COVID-19 pandemic, the EU countries hit hardest by the virus requested fiscal support from the other EU member states. Likewise, the Eurozone arguably depends on some form of a fiscal union. This international redistribution critically depends on citizens’ support. Do politically knowledgeable citizens develop preferences for fiscal redistribution that are different from those of ignorant citizens? Based on the 2014 European Election Study, this article argues that knowledge plays a limited and conditional role. It hardly exerts a systematic independent effect. Rather, it helps crystallize party cues and basic European integration values. My findings are consistent with a theory, according to which knowledge eases the process of rationalizing preferences that originate in previous basic orientations.

European Election Study, 1994

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hermann Schmitt ◽  
Cees van der Eijk ◽  
Evi Scholz ◽  
Michael Klein
Keyword(s):  
Election Study ◽  
European Election

scholarly journals Η δομή του ιδεολογικού χώρου στην Ελλάδα : χαρτογράφηση των προτιμήσεων πολιτικής κομμάτων και ψηφοφόρων

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Γιάννης Ανδρεάδης ◽  
Ευτυχία Τεπέρογλου ◽  
Μάνος Τσατσάνης
Keyword(s):  
Election Study ◽  
European Election

Το αντικείμενο της μελέτης συνοψίζεται σε μια ενδελεχή σκιαγράφηση του ιδεολογικού χώρου στην Ελλάδα, με κεντρικό ερευνητικό ερώτημα τη διερεήνηση των ιδεολογικών προτιμήσεων και προτεραιοτήτων των πολιτικών κομμάτων κατά την τελευταία δεκαετία. Συμπληρωματικά μελετώνται οι ιδεολογικές προτιμήσεις και του εκλογικού σώματος για το 2009. Η εμπειρική μελέτη βασίζεται στην αξιοποίηση της βάσης δεδομένων του Euromanifestos Project και του PIREDEU και της έρευνας του European Election Study 2009. Η ανάλυση των δεδομένων των ευρωπαϊκών μανιφέστων στοχεύει στην απεικόνιση σε κοινό δισδιάστατο χώρο των σχετικών αποστάσεων (ή της σχετικής εγγύτητας) μεταξύ συγκεκριμένων ιδεολογικών θεματικών κατηγοριών και πολιτικών κομμάτων. Αντίστοιχα, μέσω της ανάλυσης της έρευνας του εκλογικού σώματος αναδεικνύεται η δομή της «πολιτικής ζήτησης» του ελληνικού πολιτικού συστήματος. 

European Election Study, 1994

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hermann Schmitt ◽  
Cees van der Eijk ◽  
Evi Scholz ◽  
Michael Klein
Keyword(s):  
Election Study ◽  
European Election

Political Cleavages across Nations

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell J. Dalton
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Union Member ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Election Study ◽  
Member States ◽  
The Social ◽  
European Election ◽  
European Union Member States ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Cross National

This chapter focuses on the variations in cleavage politics across the European Union member states. The analyses compare the structure of issue positions across nations to see if the set of issues defining the economic and cultural cleavages are comparable. While there is some cross-national variation, both cleavages are evident across the European Union. The social group positions on both cleavages are also broadly similar across nations. The chapter then examines the social correlates of cleavage positions to see if factors such as the economic structure or the religious composition of societies affect group alignments. The results emphasize the commonality of the basic patterns for the EU overall to the pattern in specific member states. The analyses are primarily based on the 2009 European Election Study.

The Social Distribution of Cleavage Positions

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell J. Dalton
Keyword(s):  
Political Support ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
Election Study ◽  
Political Values ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Interests ◽  
Social Distribution ◽  
European Election ◽  
Election Studies ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter describes the realignment of social groups along the economic and cultural cleavages. It considers the social characteristics that describe someone’s social interests, such as social class, income, religion, age, gender, and other traits. The 1979 European Election Study found a clear class alignment on the economic cleavage, which partially carried over to the cultural cleavage. By 2009, professionals and the better educated had shifted to liberal cultural positions, while the working class and lesser educated became cultural conservatives. Generational gaps also increased substantially between 1979 and 2009. The chapter also considers the relationship between cleavage positions and political values, such as Left–Right attitudes, postmaterial values, and political support. Economic conservatives and cultural liberals are more satisfied with government, reflecting the policy trends of European governments. The analyses are based on the European Election Studies in 1979, 2009, and 2014.

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