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Let the people decide? Support for referenda since the New Zealand flag change referendums
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Abstract The number of referenda taking place in established democracies has been increasing, but oftentimes the use of referenda is controversial. This paper utilises two New Zealand national probability mail surveys collected before (2015; n = 901) and after (2016; n = 1350) the controversial flag change r... mehr
The number of referenda taking place in established democracies has been increasing, but oftentimes the use of referenda is controversial. This paper utilises two New Zealand national probability mail surveys collected before (2015; n = 901) and after (2016; n = 1350) the controversial flag change referendums initiated by Prime Minister John Key. We found that support for referenda increased from 54.5% in 2015 to 70.7% in 2016. We examined how demographics, party vote, political attitudes, and support for changing the flag related to change in support for referenda Younger age groups and those with moderate levels of education had larger increases in support for referenda. We did not find any evidence of 'loser effects' as National voters and flag change supporters were just as likely to increase in support for referenda as other voters and those opposing change, respectively. In summary, the results of this paper show that despite controversy, referenda have become more popular, especially among certain groups.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
ISSP; Neuseeland; Volksentscheid; direkte Demokratie; Zufriedenheit; politische Einstellung
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
political disaffection; flag referendums; ISSP 2015 ; ISSP 2016
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2021
Seitenangabe
S. 133-147
Zeitschriftentitel
Kōtuitui : New Zealand journal of social sciences online, 16 (2021) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/1177083X.2020.1786413
ISSN
1177-083X
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 4.0