Economic Voting in Taiwan: The Significance of Education and Lifetime Economic Experiences

Choi, Eunjung

doi:10.1525/as.2010.50.5.990

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“…Instead, what played an important role in voting decisions were voters’ evaluations of a candidate’s ability to manage the economy – along with security concerns. In an empirical analysis of Taiwan’s presidential elections of 1996 and 2004, Choi (2010) failed to discover any pervasive and consistent effect of economic voting, though her analysis did reveal a more nuanced trend. After accounting for population heterogeneity, Choi found that economic voting occurred more often among certain types of Taiwanese voters, particularly in terms of level of education and lifetime experience variables.…”

Section: Literature On Economic Voting In New Democraciesmentioning

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Regional party system, causal attribution, and economic voting in new democracies: The case of the 2007 Korean presidential election

Kang

2012

International Political Science Review

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How do citizens in new democracies locate the target of responsibility for economic conditions, and how do political cleavages mediate citizens’ attribution process and their consequences? To answer these important but little-studied questions, this study analyzes the 2007 presidential election in Korea. Primary findings in this study elucidate the need to consider the role of political cleavages in explaining economic voting in new democracies. Specifically, even after controlling for economic salience and voters’ political sophistication, political cleavages (represented by hometown and regional partisanship) exercise a clear and significant influence on voters’ attribution process and their electoral choices. Thus, in new democracies, in particular in Korea, the attribution of responsibility clearly works in a manner different from that in established democracies. Although focused on the case of Korea, the results of this study have important implications for economic voting in any new democracy.

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Section: Literature On Economic Voting In New Democraciesmentioning

confidence: 95%

Regional party system, causal attribution, and economic voting in new democracies: The case of the 2007 Korean presidential election

Kang

2012

International Political Science Review

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“…Some previous studies dealt with traditional indicators of voting, such as demographic factors (Liu, 1994a;Luoh, 2001), national identity (Rigger, 2000;Shyu, 1996Shyu, , 2004Chang and Wang, 2005) and party identification (Liu, 1994b;Tan et al, 2000;Tsai and Chao, 2008). Others consider the political development and changes in Taiwan, covering various possible indicators that include economic evaluations (Hsieh et al, 1998;Choi, 2010), cross-strait relations, various types of issues (Lacy and Niou, 2012) and political performance (Ho et al, 2013). Among these, a huge portion of scholarly works has examined the extent to which national identity, partisanship and attitude toward the independence-unification issue drive voters' decisions and concluded that the China factor is the dominant predictor of Taiwan's elections.…”

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The effect of China factor on Taiwan's elections: how has it changed across generations from 2008 to 2014?

Weng

Chen

Wang³

2020

AEDS

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PurposeThe main purpose of this study is to reveal how the China factor influences Taiwan voters' evaluations of the two major parties across elections and generations. We contend that 1) elderly Taiwan voters may take the China factor more seriously than younger cohorts, and 2) China factor may be weighted differently depending on the levels of elections. More importantly, we argue that the China factor is tangled with voters' partisanship.Design/methodology/approachData gathered from 2008 to 2014 Taiwan's Election and Democratization Study (TEDS) enable in investigating the influence of the China factor on Taiwan people's vote choices in the two local and two presidential elections. To answer the research question, this study applies issue voting theory and the seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) employed for empirical investigations.FindingsThe findings of this study provide empirical evidence on how political generations have changed their reactions to China in Taiwan's elections. The fundamental variables, party identification and the China issue are still very important and cannot be disregarded. Specifically, the China factor played a quite influential role in the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) supporters' voting decisions regardless of their generations, whereas its effect on the Kuomintang (KMT) supporters' voting decisions varies depending on electoral contexts and generations.Originality/valueWhile some scholars might suspect that the single item is not sufficient to be an effective predictor of vote choice, we contend that the China factor is definitely the most significant component in Taiwan's elections, especially when it is tangled with partisanship. The SUR approach in this study confirms that partisanship and the China factor cannot be viewed separately.

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“…Campbell and Miller 1957;DeVries and Tarrance 1972). Choi's analysis of voter choice in Taiwan's mixed-member system reveals that the effects of voters' differential experiences of economic growth is mediated by their education because it allows voters to link government policies with their economic fortunes (Choi 2010). However, research in the Netherlands of PR elections note that differences in education levels do not affect political participation and attitudes (Hakhverdian, van der Burg, and de Vries 2012).…”

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When the choice is made matters: voting in Japan’s 2012 House of Representatives election

Rich

Banerjee

2018

Political Science

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What influences the timing of vote choices in mixed-member systems and to what extent does this influence split-ticketing voting? Although voters cast both ballots in effect simultaneously, they may make their decisions on which candidate and party to support sequentially. Using Japan's 2012 election as a case study, empirical analyses find that the district nominations influence the timing of one's district vote intention. Meanwhile the timing of vote choices corresponds with ticket-splitting, even after controlling for partisan and socio-economic factors.

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Economic Voting in Taiwan: The Significance of Education and Lifetime Economic Experiences

Cited by 10 publications

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Regional party system, causal attribution, and economic voting in new democracies: The case of the 2007 Korean presidential election

Regional party system, causal attribution, and economic voting in new democracies: The case of the 2007 Korean presidential election

The effect of China factor on Taiwan's elections: how has it changed across generations from 2008 to 2014?

When the choice is made matters: voting in Japan’s 2012 House of Representatives election

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