Preaching to the converted? Christian Democratic voting in six west European countries
In: Party politics: an international journal for the study of political parties and political organizations, Band 21, Heft 4, S. 577
ISSN: 1354-0688
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In: Party politics: an international journal for the study of political parties and political organizations, Band 21, Heft 4, S. 577
ISSN: 1354-0688
In: European politics and society, Band 18, Heft 2, S. 218-244
ISSN: 2374-5126
In: German politics, Band 25, Heft 1, S. 155-156
ISSN: 1743-8993
In: German politics: Journal of the Association for the Study of German Politics, S. 1-2
ISSN: 0964-4008
In: Party politics: an international journal for the study of political parties and political organizations, Band 21, Heft 4, S. 577-590
ISSN: 1460-3683
The electoral success of many West European Christian Democratic parties as prototypical people's parties has been threatened in recent years by growing secularization and economic trends. In the light of these challenges, this article analyses the importance of social and attitudinal variables in predicting support for seven Christian Democratic parties at the individual level using data from the European Social Survey. The results highlight the continuing centrality of religion in Christian Democratic voting. Regular attendance at church, particularly among Catholics, raises the probability of supporting Christian Democracy at the ballot box substantially. Class, by contrast, offers a weak guide as to the likelihood of a Christian Democratic vote. The importance of religion is such that expectations about other potentially important independent variables (character of domicile, age) are generally not met. Yet the reliable support of religious voters is increasingly an ambiguous electoral asset with clear signs that this partisan constituency is in decline throughout Western Europe.
In: Contemporary politics, Band 16, Heft 4, S. 337-354
ISSN: 1469-3631
In: German politics: Journal of the Association for the Study of German Politics, Band 16, Heft 1, S. 201-202
ISSN: 0964-4008
In: Perspectives on European politics and society, Band 8, Heft 1, S. 13-30
ISSN: 1568-0258
In: Party politics: an international journal for the study of political parties and political organizations, Band 13, Heft 1, S. 69-87
ISSN: 1460-3683
Using the Harmel and Janda model of external shocks and party change, this article explores the reaction of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) to its unprecedented exile in opposition after 1994, focusing on the period before the 1998 parliamentary election. As an office-seeker par excellence forced into an alien environment, the CDA provides an ideal test-case for investigating how a party adapts in such circumstances. The article argues that various dimensions of party change can be identified following 1994, but that in contrast to developments in party leadership, internal factional balance, strategy and organization, programmatic change was less extensive. It is argued that the explanation for this lies in the nature of the Dutch party system, the history of the CDA and the party's secondary yet still important goal of ideology.
In: German politics: Journal of the Association for the Study of German Politics, Band 16, Heft 1, S. 191-192
ISSN: 0964-4008
In: Talking politics: a journal for students and teachers of politics, Band 19, Heft 2, S. 87-89
ISSN: 0955-8780
In: Party politics: an international journal for the study of political parties and political organizations, Band 13, Heft 1, S. 69-87
ISSN: 1354-0688
In: Perspectives on European politics and society: journal of intra-European dialogue, Band 8, Heft 1, S. 13-30
ISSN: 1570-5854
In: Party politics: an international journal for the study of political parties and political organizations, Band 12, Heft 3, S. 439-441
ISSN: 1460-3683
In: Talking politics: a journal for students and teachers of politics, Band 18, Heft 3, S. 73-75
ISSN: 0955-8780