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Ties That No Longer Bind? Effects and Responsiveness of Party Attachments in a Period of Crises
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The Changing German Voter
Abstract Party attachments shape perceptions of the political context, but neither are they fixed nor do they completely blind supporters to political reality. When severe challenges like the European sovereign debt or refugee crises force parties to change their policies or make formerly inconsequential pos... view more
Party attachments shape perceptions of the political context, but neither are they fixed nor do they completely blind supporters to political reality. When severe challenges like the European sovereign debt or refugee crises force parties to change their policies or make formerly inconsequential positions salient, party identifiers may find their policy preferences at odds with their party identification. This may lead them to adopt their party's position. However, if inconsistent positions are sufficiently important, party identifiers may also loosen their party ties. The chapter uses survey data from the GLES campaign panels 2009-2017 to show how these crises prompted identifiers to follow the party line in some cases but more often weakened or even eroded party attachments among supporters with strong issue positions. In effect, the Euro crisis and, in particular, the refugee crisis appears to have contributed to an issue-based reshuffling of the partisan balance in German politics.... view less
Keywords
party; opinion formation; Federal Republic of Germany; immigration policy; crisis; flight; political attitude; Europe; party politics; national debt; party supporter; identification; migration
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
dealignment; European debt crisis; European refugee crisis; policy positions; German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES), 2009-2017Ö
Collection Title
The Changing German Voter
Editor
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger; Roßteutscher, Sigrid; Schoen, Harald; Weßels, Bernhard; Wolf, Christof
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Publisher
Oxford University Press
City
Oxford
Page/Pages
p. 94-118
ISBN
978-0-19-884751-9
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0