Owning the Issue Agenda: Party Strategies and Vote Choices in British Elections

Explanations of party competition and vote choice are commonly based on the Downsian view of politics: parties maximise votes by adopting positions on policy dimensions. However, recent research suggests that British voters choose parties based on evaluations of competence rather than on ideological...

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Principais autores: Hobolt, S, Green, J
Formato: Journal article
Publicado em: Elsevier 2008