Public images of political parties: A necessary evil?

Dalton, Russell J.; Weldon, Steven

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“…Consequently, we devote our attention to "long-term" attitudes that allow to measure voter's level of political satisfaction. In previous work, researchers have mentioned four "long-term" attitudes influencing the probability of vote switching: affect towards the favourite party, trust in political actors and institutions, satisfaction with democracy and external political efficacy (Dalton & Weldon, 2005;Dassonneville, 2012;Zelle, 1995). In the present article,…”

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“…Using data from national elections studies in five countries (Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States), Dalton and Weldon (2005) also observed that distrust in parties induced higher levels of electoral volatility. Similarly, in her study on the sources of voter's volatility at the 2007 French presidential and parliamentary elections, Muxel (2009) noticed that political disaffection was one of the main catalysts of vote switching.…”

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Why Do Voters Change Their Mind during an Election Campaign? An Analysis of the Determinants of Campaign Volatility at the 2014 Belgian Federal Elections

Willocq¹

2016

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This article examines the causes of stability and change in vote intentions during the 2014 Belgian federal election campaign. Drawing on data from the 2014 Parti Rep Belgian Voter Survey, our study aims to explain why a large number of voters have switched their vote intention in the weeks preceding the federal elections. To this end, we test a series of hypotheses drawn from different theories often referred to in the literature to account for campaign volatility. The results of our analysis reveal that voters can decide to change their vote preferences during the campaign due to strategic considerations related to their perceptions of the coalition potentials of parties. We also find that voters with a low level of political interest are more likely than highly interested voters to switch from one party to another in the weeks preceding the electoral contest. Unsurprisingly, a high degree of affection for the favourite party proves to be a barrier against campaign volatility. The higher the level of affect directed to the most preferred party, the more stable will be the vote intention. Moreover, results show that citizens with a low level of external political efficacy are more prone than others to switch parties in the last weeks of the campaign. By contrast, the ideological profile of the voter has no significant impact on campaign volatility.

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Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 97%

Why Do Voters Change Their Mind during an Election Campaign? An Analysis of the Determinants of Campaign Volatility at the 2014 Belgian Federal Elections

Willocq¹

2016

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“…Em razão das alterações no perfil das despesas e do encarecimento da atividade política em sua totalidade, os partidos precisaram recorrer a modelos de financiamento que geram maior volume de receita. Em conseqüência, as estruturas partidárias também precisaram se reorganizar em face da nova realidade, implicando em mudanças na quantidade e perfil de seus participantes, assim como no posicionamento das legendas no espectro ideológico (DALTON & WELDON, 2005).…”

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Os dilemas do financiamento político: lições para o caso brasileiro DOI:10.5007/2175-7984.2011v10n19p139

Teixeira

2011

Polit. Soc.

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“…Thus, every-member voting is seen as a necessary instrument to strengthen the linkage between parties and civil society, especially with a growing dissatisfaction -if not hostility -towards party organisations. To recover the crisis of political parties in contemporary society, which can to a great extent be interpreted as a crisis of their image within public opinion (Dalton and Weldon 2005), parties may consider the adoption of leadership selection reforms as a means to regenerate their legitimacy and their confidence among citizens.…”

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The democratisation of party leadership selection: The Portuguese experience

Lisi¹

2010

Portuguese Journal of Social Science

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In recent years, members of established political parties have received increased powers to select candidates and leaders. Several explanations have been advanced to account for this trend, focusing on the evolution of the political system, the characteristics of party systems or intra-party dynamics. The aim of this article is to examine the introduction of democratising reforms for leadership selection in Portuguese parties. Despite the high degree of centralisation and the low levels of internal participation, all governing parties have expanded members' rights during the last decade. The main findings suggest that party leaders have decided to change methods for leadership selection mainly for instrumental purposes in order to consolidate their internal power or gain electoral benefits. Moreover, this organisational transformation has had reduced effects on the internal party functioning. Regardless of these similarities, the data show that there are important differences between parties with regard to levels of participation and internal competition.

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Public images of political parties: A necessary evil?

Cited by 144 publications

References 21 publications

Why Do Voters Change Their Mind during an Election Campaign? An Analysis of the Determinants of Campaign Volatility at the 2014 Belgian Federal Elections

Why Do Voters Change Their Mind during an Election Campaign? An Analysis of the Determinants of Campaign Volatility at the 2014 Belgian Federal Elections

Os dilemas do financiamento político: lições para o caso brasileiro DOI:10.5007/2175-7984.2011v10n19p139

The democratisation of party leadership selection: The Portuguese experience

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