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Following the coalition? Testing the impact of coalitions on policy preferences in Germany
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Abstract Ultimately, electoral democracy is about governments doing what citizens want. However, considerable evidence shows that parties influence citizens' preferences. Most studies on party influence rely on experimental designs that present participants with parties' positions. The disadvantage of experi... mehr
Ultimately, electoral democracy is about governments doing what citizens want. However, considerable evidence shows that parties influence citizens' preferences. Most studies on party influence rely on experimental designs that present participants with parties' positions. The disadvantage of experiments is that many citizens are already aware of those positions, thus underestimating party influence. Very few studies assess reactions to real changes in party positions, which avoids this limitation. We break new ground by assessing the impact of changes in coalition governments, which lead parties to express different positions for reasons that are partly exogenous to elite and mass preferences, on partisans' attitudes. Using panel data from the German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES), we leverage a major coalition change by Angela Merkel in Germany in 2013. We find that this change influenced the preferences of partisans of the coalition parties. Our findings have significant implications for how we think about democratic representation in multi-party contexts.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Partei; Präferenz; öffentliche Meinung; Parteianhänger; Einstellungsänderung; Koalition; Parteipolitik; Repräsentation
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
party cues; German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES), Long-term Panel 2013-2017, ZA5770, Data file Version 1.0.0. (doi:10.4232/1.13018)
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2022
Seitenangabe
S. 318-328
Zeitschriftentitel
Party Politics, 28 (2022) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068820976281
ISSN
1460-3683
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung