Party Leader Effects on the Vote

Holmberg, Sören; Oscarsson, Henrik

doi:10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199259007.003.0003

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“…Other authors are more sceptical about the effect of candidates and have found no evidence that it is a decisive factor or that its importance may have increased in recent years (Brettscheneider and Gabriel, 2002 factor; Curtice and Holmberg, 2005;Holmberg and Oscarsson, 2013). The main argument of the critics is that voting decisions are dependent on long-term factors, such as party identification (following the classic model developed by Campbell, 1960) and some short-term factors, such as the state of the economy and the assessment of the government's performance, and that in this scenario the image of the candidates has little weight in itself (Barisione, 2009: 476).…”

Section: Political Leadershipmentioning

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Líderes autonómicos y voto en las comunidades autónomas bipartidistas (2007-2011)

Sánchez-Ferrer¹,

Berzosa-Alonso²

2024

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El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar el efecto de los candidatos en el voto de las elecciones autonómicas de 2007 y 2011 en una serie de comunidades autónomas encuadradas en el denominado modelo dominante de competición, caracterizado por el predominio absoluto de los partidos de ámbito estatal en todas las convocatorias electorales: Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha, Comunidad de Madrid, Comunidad Valenciana, Extremadura, La Rioja y Región de Murcia. La mayor parte de los estudios realizados en España destacan el fuerte peso que tienen en el comportamiento electoral la ideología o la identificación partidista, en tanto que la influencia de los candidatos autonómicos no ha sido analizada con detalle. Sin embargo, este estudio evidencia, a través de una serie de regresiones logísticas, que la aprobación de los líderes autonómicos sí constituye uno de los factores más determinantes en la decisión de voto.

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Líderes autonómicos y voto en las comunidades autónomas bipartidistas (2007-2011)

Sánchez-Ferrer¹,

Berzosa-Alonso²

2024

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“…Naturally, other short‐term factors, such as evaluations of candidates or political leaders, have interested Nordic scholars (Aardal & Binder ; Curtice & Holmberg ; Elklit ; Holmberg & Oscarsson ; Karvonen ; Ohr & Oscarsson ), but the general findings have tended to be that individual politicians and leaders have a weak effect on voters' electoral choices in the Nordic countries, and that this does not seem to have increased substantially over time (Elklit ; Karvonen ).…”

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Nordic Research on Political Behaviour

Schoultz

2015

Scand Pol Stud

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This review article sets out to give an overarching presentation of Nordic research on political behaviour, which has constituted a vital subfield within Nordic political science since the 1950s. The aim of the article is to give the reader a sense of what characterises the development within the field and to point towards interesting research worth further exploring. The review covers some notes on the general progress within the field, a bibliographic analysis of publication patters complemented by a presentation of the dominating themes of research, and a discussion of methodological advancements. Research within the field rests on the strong legacy of the Norwegian scholar Stein Rokkan and the early influence of the behaviouralism and American research. The biographical analysis does, however, clearly demonstrate the leading position of Danish scholars in terms of both qualitative and quantitative indicators. From a methodological perspective, researchers within the region can be described as early adapters. The electoral programmes established in the middle of the 1950s in Sweden and Norway are among the oldest in the world, following on from the pioneering efforts of the United States which stretch back to 1948. Furthermore, recent years have brought about a significant increase in experimental research. Thematically, the research agenda has been dominated by, but not restricted to, electoral research. Sophisticated knowledge of how voters think and act at elections, but also of the changing role and behaviour of citizens within the Nordic sphere, has been developed over time.

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“…Most studies are survey‐based and rely on popularity measures of party leaders, sometimes controlled for party popularity. Thereby, researchers are able to study if voters cheer for leaders more than parties and thus are attracted by individual leaders rather than collective actors (e.g., Holmberg & Oscarsson 2011). While these studies provide valuable insights into the role of party leaders, they share an obvious limitation: they assess effects of only very few politicians.…”

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Does Television Personalise Voting Behaviour? Studying the Effects of Media Exposure on Voting for Candidates or Parties

Elmelund‐Præstekær

Hopmann

2012

Scand Pol Stud

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Scholars have long argued that politics has become personalised throughout the post Second World War era. Increasingly, focus shifts from policy to politicians' personal traits. The media – particularly television, it is argued – is the driving force in the process by focusing more on individual politicians and their personal traits than parties and their policy proposals. Empirically, it is not known whether the personalisation of media content affects the political behaviour of voters. Based on survey data from the 2009 Danish local elections (N = 3,336), this article explores the determinants of preferential voting – that is, voting for a specific candidate rather than a party. The findings show that institutional factors and individual characteristics are far better predictors of personalised voting behaviour than any measure of media exposure – and that viewing the main national news bulletins, as well as reading regional newspapers, have a similar positive effect. Thus, the study provides answers to the highly debated but rarely studied question of whether and how the media possibly personalise politics with regard to voting behaviour.

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Party Leader Effects on the Vote

Cited by 48 publications

References 7 publications

Líderes autonómicos y voto en las comunidades autónomas bipartidistas (2007-2011)

Líderes autonómicos y voto en las comunidades autónomas bipartidistas (2007-2011)

Nordic Research on Political Behaviour

Does Television Personalise Voting Behaviour? Studying the Effects of Media Exposure on Voting for Candidates or Parties

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