Constituency Campaigning in Britain 1992-2001

Denver, David; Hands, Gordon; Fisher, Justin; MacAllister, Iain

doi:10.1177/13540688030095002

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“…It must be stressed again that the index of central involvement that we have used here cannot entirely capture all the features of increased central influence that we have described elsewhere using qualitative analysis (Denver et al, 2003).…”

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“…Before attempting to assess the impact of central involvement and local membership on electoral performance, we first need to explore the relationship between our two variables and make sure that they are not simply replicating the more complete index of local campaign intensity used in previous analyses (Denver et al, 2003). In other words, we need to make sure that we are not using apparently different variables to measure overall campaign intensity.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Denver et al (2003) argue, on the basis of qualitative interviews, that all of the main parties have increased the extent of central involvement in local campaigns over the past decade. Before the 1990s, the contribution of party headquarters was mainly confined to offering training and advice to party workers, and providing routine 'servicing' -making campaign materials available for purchase, for example.…”

Section: Developing a Measure Of Central Party Influencementioning

confidence: 99%

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The relative electoral impact of central party co-ordination and size of party membership at constituency level

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Over the past decade, clear evidence has been produced showing that effective constituency campaigning in British general elections can lead to better electoral performance. This evidence has challenged the received wisdom that only national campaigning is significant and that efforts at local level are meaningless rituals. Denver et al have focused on the role of the national parties in strengthening local campaigns in target seats; Seyd & Whiteley, by contrast, have stressed the importance of local party membership. This article attempts to assess the relative electoral impact of national party co-ordination and constituency party membership and suggests that the impact of these two factors varies by party.

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“…22 Technological advances have led to a steady decline in door to door canvassing. 23 Nevertheless, parties are more likely to mobilize voters through doorstep canvassing than by telephone and these efforts can have a significant influence on increasing an individual's likelihood of voting and party choice. 24 While contact may well have an impact on turnout, some suggest that other systemic features will influence the effectiveness of contact.…”

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Getting Out the Vote: Party Mobilization in a Comparative Perspective

Karp

Banducci

Bowler

2007

Brit. J. Polit. Sci.

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A long tradition within political science examines the impact of party canvassing on voter participation. Very little of this work, however, is comparative in scope. This essay examines how system-level characteristics shape the nature and impact of party canvassing and how voters respond to those efforts. Parties are found to target the same types of potential voters everywhere -those who are likely to participate. However, one important difference is that overall levels of party contact are far greater in candidate-based systems than in proportional representation (PR) systems. Party mobilization, therefore, cannot explain the higher rates of turnout observed in PR systems.A long tradition within political science has identified the importance of party mobilization efforts to voter turnout. Such work, which has often employed an experimental approach, has tended to focus on the impact of campaign work, on voter willingness to turn out and on the importance of various means of contact -mail, telephone or doorstep -upon voters. 1 Typically these studies have been made within the context of a single country, usually that of Britain or the United States. 2 In this article we move beyond a single system to compare mobilization across seven different countries with different electoral systems in order to ask questions about the level and kind of mobilization efforts that take place. The broader theoretical relevance of this work lies in its extension of the literature on electoral systems. Within this literature, considerable bodies of work discuss comparative features of party life such as policy positioning or candidate nomination. 3 Here we extend a discussion of cross-system effects to consider how these system-level characteristics shape efforts to 'get out the vote' and, also, voter responses to those efforts.

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“…In the British case the evidence appears to be somewhat mixed. Denver et al (2003) claim that the central party has taken an increasingly large role in planning and managing the constituency campaigns. On the other hand, in a study of the British Labour 1997 campaign, Whiteley and Seyd (2002) argue that variations in campaigning between the constituencies were produced by the candidates (and local branches) rather than by the targeting efforts of the central party.…”

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A Platform for Individualized Campaigning? Social Media and Parliamentary Candidates in the 2009 Norwegian Election Campaign

Karlsen

2011

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It is often argued that new technology will increase centralization of political parties but Internet-based technologies, especially the social media, provide individual candidates with opportunities to run campaigns more independently of the central party. This article argues that the effect of new technology depends on the contextual characteristics of the campaign, most importantly the nomination process and the electoral system. It investigates the effect of online social media on individual candidate campaigning through a study of parliamentary candidates'use of social media in the 2009 Norwegian election campaign, a campaign environment with few incentives for candidates to undertake individualized campaigning, using the 2009 Norwegian Candidate Study. Findings reveal that online social media are much appreciated by candidates and are used to a great extent. The technological effect on individual campaigning appears small as candidates who consider social media important do not focus on their own candidacy to a greater extent than other candidates. However, candidates with an individualized candidate focus are more inclined to use Facebook and consider social media important for their campaign communication. Consequently, although social media in the short run are not likely to increase individualized campaigning as such, candidates with a candidate focus have been offered a new channel for selfpromotion.

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Constituency Campaigning in Britain 1992-2001

Cited by 99 publications

References 5 publications

The relative electoral impact of central party co-ordination and size of party membership at constituency level

The relative electoral impact of central party co-ordination and size of party membership at constituency level

Getting Out the Vote: Party Mobilization in a Comparative Perspective

A Platform for Individualized Campaigning? Social Media and Parliamentary Candidates in the 2009 Norwegian Election Campaign

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