A compromising mindset? How citizens evaluate the trade‐offs in coalition politics
CHRISTOFFER GREEN‐PEDERSEN,
IDA B. HJERMITSLEV
Abstract:Coalition building depends on citizens having a ‘compromising mindset’: they must accept that parties need to compromise in order to gain influence and that this entails deviating from the original policy positions. In this study, we show that European citizens understand that compromise is essential for democratic governance and that they, holding everything else constant, prefer political parties that express a willingness to compromise. This finding appears to be independent from specific forms of coalition… Show more
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