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Do political parties listen to the(ir) public? Public opinion-party linkage on specific policy issues
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Abstract Political parties are a crucial link between the public and policy outcomes. However, few studies have considered who political parties are responsive to when they take positions on specific policy proposals. This article explores the links between public opinion and the policy positions of politica... mehr
Political parties are a crucial link between the public and policy outcomes. However, few studies have considered who political parties are responsive to when they take positions on specific policy proposals. This article explores the links between public opinion and the policy positions of political parties on 102 specific policy proposals in Germany using a novel application of multilevel regression with poststratification to estimate the policy preferences of party supporters. While there is a link between general public preferences and the positions of political parties, this connection weakens considerably once political parties are in government. In fact, the study shows that the link between party positions and general public opinion is severed once parties enter government, whereas it is only weakened in the case of party supporters. Finally, the article finds mixed evidence for differences between niche parties and mainstream parties.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Partei; öffentliche Meinung; Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Mehrebenenanalyse; Regressionsanalyse; Parteianhänger; Regierung; Regierungspartei; Präferenz; Opposition; Politikfeldanalyse
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
congruence; MRP; political parties
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2020
Seitenangabe
S. 426-436
Zeitschriftentitel
Party Politics, 26 (2020) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068818787346
ISSN
1460-3683
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)