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The study of elections, voting behavior and public opinion are
arguably among the most prominent and intensively researched
sub-fields within Political Science. It is an evolving sub-field,
both in terms of theoretical focus and in particular, technical
developments and has made a considerable impact on popular
understanding of the core components of liberal democracies in
terms of electoral systems and outcomes, changes in public opinion
and the aggregation of interests. This handbook details the key
developments and state of the art research across elections, voting
behavior and the public opinion by providing both an advanced
overview of each core area and engaging in debate about the
relative merits of differing approaches in a comprehensive and
accessible way. Bringing geographical scope and depth, with
comparative chapters that draw on material from across the globe,
it will be a key reference point both for advanced level students
and researchers developing knowledge and producing new material in
these sub-fields and beyond. The Routledge Handbook of Elections,
Voting Behavior and Public Opinion is an authoritative and key
reference text for students, academics and researchers engaged in
the study of electoral research, public opinion and voting
behavior.
It has long been realized that democratic governance requires a
two-way flow of influence. Governments must be able to respond to
what people want and people must be able to react to what
governments do. These mechanisms of democratic governance have
contributed to two research traditions: one, the responsible party
approach, views policy change as a consequence of 'electoral
turnover'; and the other, the dynamic representation approach,
views policy change as occurring in 'rational anticipation' of
electoral repercussions. The aim of this book is to evaluate the
state of political representation in contemporary Europe in the
light of these two approaches. The chapters present fresh insight
into issue congruence between voters and parties and into the
extent of dynamic representation. The chapters are logically
clustered into three groups: one group of scholars base their work
on the 'responsible party model' and apply it to voters and
European parties and party groups; a second group of scholars
demonstrate the importance of institutional structures on the
degree of issue congruence; and a third group of scholars examine
the reciprocal nature of dynamic representation and the effects of
institutions on the opinion-policy connection. This book was
published as a special issue of West European Politics.
The study of elections, voting behavior and public opinion are
arguably among the most prominent and intensively researched
sub-fields within Political Science. It is an evolving sub-field,
both in terms of theoretical focus and in particular, technical
developments and has made a considerable impact on popular
understanding of the core components of liberal democracies in
terms of electoral systems and outcomes, changes in public opinion
and the aggregation of interests. This handbook details the key
developments and state of the art research across elections, voting
behavior and the public opinion by providing both an advanced
overview of each core area and engaging in debate about the
relative merits of differing approaches in a comprehensive and
accessible way. Bringing geographical scope and depth, with
comparative chapters that draw on material from across the globe,
it will be a key reference point both for advanced level students
and researchers developing knowledge and producing new material in
these sub-fields and beyond. The Routledge Handbook of Elections,
Voting Behavior and Public Opinion is an authoritative and key
reference text for students, academics and researchers engaged in
the study of electoral research, public opinion and voting
behavior.
It has long been realized that democratic governance requires a
two-way flow of influence. Governments must be able to respond to
what people want and people must be able to react to what
governments do. These mechanisms of democratic governance have
contributed to two research traditions: one, the responsible party
approach, views policy change as a consequence of 'electoral
turnover'; and the other, the dynamic representation approach,
views policy change as occurring in 'rational anticipation' of
electoral repercussions. The aim of this book is to evaluate the
state of political representation in contemporary Europe in the
light of these two approaches. The chapters present fresh insight
into issue congruence between voters and parties and into the
extent of dynamic representation. The chapters are logically
clustered into three groups: one group of scholars base their work
on the 'responsible party model' and apply it to voters and
European parties and party groups; a second group of scholars
demonstrate the importance of institutional structures on the
degree of issue congruence; and a third group of scholars examine
the reciprocal nature of dynamic representation and the effects of
institutions on the opinion-policy connection. This book was
published as a special issue of West European Politics.
This edited collection explores the role of Euroscepticism in the
European Parliament (EP) elections of 2014 both in particular EU
Member States and across broader regions. It shows how the "second
rate" features of elections with no clear agenda-setting role
facilitated the astonishing success of Eurosceptic parties while
the traditionally "second order" nature of purely legislative
elections amplified this outcome, giving it a quite different
character than the outcome of any previous EP elections, with
potential in turn to affect outcomes of later national elections as
well. The chapters draw on a number of different methodological
approaches and focus on different perspectives regarding how
Euroscepticism played a role in the election context, investigating
public opinion, party strategies and media coverage; and assessing
how these elections created links to national party politics with
likely consequences for electoral success of Eurosceptic parties in
future national elections and referendums. This book will be of
particular interest to students and scholars in the fields of
European politics, voting behavior Euroscepticism.
Election studies have reached a critical point in their
development. In 1999, directors of election studies in Great
Britain, Canada, the Netherlands and the USA, together with the
directors of the European Elections Studies program and the
Comparative Study of Election Systems group, met to discuss the
conduct of election studies. After the conference, attendees
responded to issues raised at the meeting by writing the chapters
contained in this volume. There is unanimity among the
investigators that studies based upon the Michigan model have
reached the limit of what they can achieve. "The Future of Election
Studies" considers the nature of new research questions facing
electoral scholars, why conventional pre- and/or post-election
studies are ill-equipped to address these questions, and how such
studies are adapting to meet the challenges faced by scholars today
and in the future.
Voting is a habit. People learn the habit of voting, or not, based
on experience in their first few elections. Elections that do not
stimulate high turnout among young adults leave a 'footprint' of
low turnout in the age structure of the electorate as many
individuals who were new at those elections fail to vote at
subsequent elections. Elections that stimulate high turnout leave a
high turnout footprint. So a country's turnout history provides a
baseline for current turnout that is largely set, except for young
adults. This baseline shifts as older generations leave the
electorate and as changes in political and institutional
circumstances affect the turnout of new generations. Among the
changes that have affected turnout in recent years, the lowering of
the voting age in most established democracies has been
particularly important in creating a low turnout footprint that has
grown with each election.
Voting is a habit. People learn the habit of voting, or not, based
on experience in their first few elections. Elections that do not
stimulate high turnout among young adults leave a 'footprint' of
low turnout in the age structure of the electorate as many
individuals who were new at those elections fail to vote at
subsequent elections. Elections that stimulate high turnout leave a
high turnout footprint. So a country's turnout history provides a
baseline for current turnout that is largely set, except for young
adults. This baseline shifts as older generations leave the
electorate and as changes in political and institutional
circumstances affect the turnout of new generations. Among the
changes that have affected turnout in recent years, the lowering of
the voting age in most established democracies has been
particularly important in creating a low turnout footprint that has
grown with each election.
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