“…Evidence regarding other macro-level factors' influence on voting behavior remains scarce, especially in a broader perspective of economic, social and environmental concerns. Recently, more and more scholars are beginning to look at other factors than economic ones, i.e., wars [13], natural disasters and subsequent beneficial policies [14], social pacts and legislative reform [15,16], income inequality [17], subjective well-being [18]. What is still missing, however, is a study that systematically examines the economic, social and environmental performance of countries over time, and investigates how this performance affects the chances of a government to get re-elected.…”