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Spatial Realignment of German Voters and Germany's Regional Cleavage: The Case of the Green Party in the 2019 European Elections
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Abstract This article seeks to explain the increase in the German Green party votes in 2019 European elections through the East-West cleavage. Using the 2018 German General Social Survey data, it identifies and compares the Green Party electorate in both regions in terms of conventional and supposed determin... view more
This article seeks to explain the increase in the German Green party votes in 2019 European elections through the East-West cleavage. Using the 2018 German General Social Survey data, it identifies and compares the Green Party electorate in both regions in terms of conventional and supposed determinants of Green voting. Results of the multivariate analysis equally support both models, indicating left-wing voters as the main source of the Greens’ electoral gains across Germany. However, while in the East the Greens were supported primarily by the electorate of the Social Democratic party dissatisfied with the activity of this party, Western Germans exhibited a trend of left-leaning voters’ backlash against the rise of the radical right party Alternative for Germany through Green voting. This realignment is explicated by the persistent specifics of German regional party politics combined with intrinsic value distinctions of their dwellers, and recent shifts in party-voters ties.... view less
Keywords
election to the European Parliament; Greens; election result; Federal Republic of Germany; old federal states; New Federal States; regional difference; voting behavior; en: floating voter oder swing voter?; party system; party politics
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
German Party System; Green Party; Regional Cleavage; Voters' Realignment; ZA5270: Allgemeine Bevölkerungsumfrage der Sozialwissenschaften ALLBUS 2018, Data File Version 2.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13250
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 31-58
Journal
Politikon: The IAPSS Journal of Political Science, 45 (2020)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.45.2
ISSN
2414-6633
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed