Economic Voting and Electoral Behaviour: How do Individual, Local and National Factors Affect the Partisan Choice?

Leigh, Andrew

doi:10.2139/ssrn.615361

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“…Given that Australian federal elections for the last three decades (Leigh, 2005;Pietsch et al, 2010;Studlar et al, 1998, cited by Tranter, 2011 has not demonstrated the significant influence of gender on voting behaviour, other than identifying that women traditionally have voted for conservative parties, this study is important as it is based in a unique time in Australia's political history which led to a woman being elected PM of a minority government and it explores how women in leadership perceived and reacted to the electoral environment at the time.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

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Why do women vote for women

Rodgers-Healey

2013

The International Journal of Leadership in Public Services

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to explore if women who are in positions of leadership are influenced by gender when voting for a party led by a female candidate and if perceptions of the media's portrayal of a woman candidate influences the voting preferences of women leaders. Design/methodology/approach -The paper reports the results of an online survey of women leaders to provide a pre-election analysis about how they would vote and what was influencing their vote for Gillard, if they chose to vote for her. Data were analysed using Content Analysis and Descriptive Statistical Analysis. Findings -Although gender does influence the vote of women leaders for a woman candidate, they use different decision criteria to influence their voting preferences of a female candidate, of which the woman candidate's views and priorities play a major part.Research limitations/implications -The small sample size was not statistically representative and the data were self-reported and not validated post voting. A random and larger sample is required as well as further research comparing how Abbott was portrayed in the media and how men would vote for the party leaders. Practical implications -The paper highlights that female candidates need to clearly assert their views and priorities during an election campaign and foreshadows women's evaluation of Gillard's achievements for women, in the next election. Originality/value -Based in a unique time in Australia's political history which led to a woman being elected prime minister of a minority government and it explores how women in leadership perceived and reacted to the electoral environment at the time.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Why do women vote for women

Rodgers-Healey

2013

The International Journal of Leadership in Public Services

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“…While on the other hand, the non-vulnerable will align with the ideology of the incumbent. Notably, where the poverty level of a country is high, the electorate is bound or more likely to vote for altruistic tendencies (Leigh, 2005), because of the perception that such candidates will do well to alleviate the situation. In terms of women participation, because the level of poverty among women is disproportionately high; there is a tendency for higher participation among women, in terms of voting than in contesting elective offices.…”

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Politics of predation: food distribution and women

Alliyu¹,

Adedeji²

2016

Afr. Res. Rev.

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Emergent on the African conception of food as a significant human physiological need which in most cases defines poverty; this paper discussed the possibility of unique political participation based on the effectiveness of Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Within the context of these conceptual issues, women in traditional and contemporary Africa, having their core social roles as home-makers and food providers are likely major targets of food distribution. Food distribution in this context emphasizes aid programmes and vote buying (money for vote and food for votes). The paper examined the outcome of the need for and supply of food, by engaging the dualism that characterizes food distribution which has capacity to inhibit sustainable development and to perpetuate poverty. The perpetuation of poverty is conceptualized as a tool of; and for the political class in third world countries where, poverty is higher among women compared to other parts of the world. Poverty provides the fertile ground for making political gains out of the people, especially women who are largely politically marginalized and economically dependent.

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Local Economies and General Elections: The Influence of Municipal and Regional Economic Conditions on Voting in Sweden 1985-2002

Elinder

2010

SSRN Journal

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in EconStor may AbstractThis paper presents a detailed analysis of voters" responses to municipality and regional-level unemployment and economic growth, using panel data on 284 municipalities and 9 regions, covering Swedish general elections from 1982 to 2002. The preferred specification suggests that a reduction in regional unemployment by one percentage point is associated with an increase in the support for the national government by about 1.7 percentage points. The effect of growth, at the regional level, is substantial in size, but statistically insignificant. At the municipality level, unemployment has a smaller effect than at the regional level and growth has no effect on government support.

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Economic Voting and Electoral Behaviour: How do Individual, Local and National Factors Affect the Partisan Choice?

Cited by 3 publications

References 37 publications

Why do women vote for women

Why do women vote for women

Politics of predation: food distribution and women

Local Economies and General Elections: The Influence of Municipal and Regional Economic Conditions on Voting in Sweden 1985-2002

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