Personal Emotions and Political Decision Making: Implications for Voter Competence
In: Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 2034
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In: Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 2034
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In: APSA 2009 Toronto Meeting Paper
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In: American political science review, Band 108, Heft 3, S. 565-587
ISSN: 1537-5943
A long research tradition in behavioral political science evaluates the performance of democracy by examining voter competence. This literature got its start arguing that voters' lack of information undermines a defense of democracy rooted in electoral accountability. A more recent literature deepens the debate, with some authors claiming that voters effectively use cues to substitute for information about candidates and policies, and other authors claiming that voters are insufficiently rational to do so. We argue that, regardless of its conclusions about voter competence, this literature's single-minded focus on voter behavior is misguided. We use a sequence of formal models to show that traditional intuitions are incomplete because they ignore the effect that changes in voter behavior have on the equilibrium behavior of politicians. When this strategic interaction is taken into account, increases in voter information or voter rationality sometimes make democratic performance better and sometimes make democratic performance worse. One simply cannot assess the implications of voter characteristics for democratic performance without also studying how those characteristics affect the behavior of politicians.
In: UCLA Law Review, Band 50, S. 1141
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In: American political science review, Band 67, Heft 3, S. 906-913
ISSN: 1537-5943
This study, based on the two-wave questionnaire data collected from legislative candidates in Iowa, attempts to test the "congratulation-rationalization effect," a highly provocative hypothesis that John Kingdon formulated regarding politicians' beliefs about voters. The hypothesis asserts that winning candidates tend to develop complimentary beliefs about voters while losing candidates tend to develop beliefs deprecating to voters. The results of analysis indicate, however, no significant difference between winners and losers in terms of the direction and magnitude of changes in their beliefs about voters, suggesting that the hypothesis is invalid. When the hypothesis is reformulated in terms of "dissonance states" rather than "election outcomes," the evidence is strongly supportive. Among winners, those who perceive a high degree of dissonance more than those who perceive little dissonance tend to change their beliefs about voters in a favorable direction. Conversely, among losers, those who perceive a high degree of dissonance more than those who perceive little dissonance tend to change their beliefs in an unfavorable direction. Therefore, the "congratulation-rationalization" hypothesis can be sustained only if cast in direct dissonance terms.
In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Band 46, Heft 2, S. 151-182
ISSN: 1475-6765
Abstract. One of the criticisms often levelled against direct democracy is that citizens lack sufficient knowledge to vote directly on policy issues. The 'No' votes in the French and Dutch referendums on the Constitutional Treaty have highlighted the importance of examining voter competence in referendums. This article proposes a theoretical framework for evaluating competence in EU referendums. It suggests that competent voting in EU referendums is based on issue‐specific preferences and requires political information. Since most voters have little detailed knowledge of European integration, they rely on heuristics and cues when deciding how to vote. The important question is how much and which type of information voters require to make competent choices. This article examines whether and under what conditions the use of party endorsements as information cues can enhance competent voting in EU referendums. These theoretical questions are examined in an analysis of the 1994 Norwegian referendum on EU membership.
In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Band 46, Heft 2, S. 151-182
ISSN: 0304-4130
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 80, Heft 4, S. 1423-1437
ISSN: 1468-2508
In: Perspectives on politics, Band 11, Heft 4, S. 1187-1189
ISSN: 1541-0986
In: The public opinion quarterly: POQ, Band 77, Heft 3, S. 825-827
ISSN: 1537-5331
In: Public opinion quarterly: journal of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Band 77, Heft 3, S. 825-824
ISSN: 0033-362X
In: Social work: a journal of the National Association of Social Workers, Band 31, Heft 2, S. 141-143
ISSN: 1545-6846
In: Acta politica: AP ; international journal of political science ; official journal of the Dutch Political Science Association (Nederlandse Kring voor Wetenschap der Politiek), Band 49, Heft 4, S. 462-485
ISSN: 0001-6810
We look at economic voting during times of financial crisis using individual-level survey data from the 2008 and 2011 Canadian Election Studies. We posit that in times of crisis, the economy's impact on incumbent voting can be twofold. There is first an impact that is more traditional in nature and based on retrospective assessments of national economic conditions (which are necessarily bad given the crisis context). There is also an impact that is based on perceptions of the parties' competence at managing the economy. Depending on these perceptions, the competence effect can compensate for incumbent vote losses that might be incurred from bad economic times (traditional effect). In more general terms, looking at competence-based issue ownership allows us to add a neglected valence component to the economic voting model. Adapted from the source document.
In: Acta politica: AP ; international journal of political Science, Band 49, Heft 4, S. 462-485
ISSN: 1741-1416
In: Acta politica: AP ; international journal of political science ; official journal of the Dutch Political Science Association (Nederlandse Kring voor Wetenschap der Politiek), Band 49, Heft 4, S. 462-485
ISSN: 0001-6810