State influences on Australian federal voting, 1946-1998

The extent of state influences on federal voting behaviour in Australia has been debated for many years. In this paper, I address the issue by presenting results based on multilevel analyses from an extensive investigation of postwar Australian elections. This not only covers the complete postwar p...

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Main Author: Charnock, David
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2001
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8698
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description The extent of state influences on federal voting behaviour in Australia has been debated for many years. In this paper, I address the issue by presenting results based on multilevel analyses from an extensive investigation of postwar Australian elections. This not only covers the complete postwar period, but also improves on previous research by using the most advanced analytical techniques (multilevel modelling) available for making use of survey data in this context. This makes it possible to draw some definitive conclusions.In addition to examining the overall extent of state effects over the period, I also explore a possible explanation by suggesting why one particular aspect of the institutional framework (the representation entitlements of the states) would tend to give small state effects, and use the multilevel results to investigate some hypotheses that follow from this suggestion.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-86982017-01-30T11:08:14Z State influences on Australian federal voting, 1946-1998 Charnock, David Australian history multi-level modelling state-level influence federal elections Australian elections The extent of state influences on federal voting behaviour in Australia has been debated for many years. In this paper, I address the issue by presenting results based on multilevel analyses from an extensive investigation of postwar Australian elections. This not only covers the complete postwar period, but also improves on previous research by using the most advanced analytical techniques (multilevel modelling) available for making use of survey data in this context. This makes it possible to draw some definitive conclusions.In addition to examining the overall extent of state effects over the period, I also explore a possible explanation by suggesting why one particular aspect of the institutional framework (the representation entitlements of the states) would tend to give small state effects, and use the multilevel results to investigate some hypotheses that follow from this suggestion. 2001 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8698 fulltext
spellingShingle Australian history
multi-level modelling
state-level influence
federal elections
Australian elections
Charnock, David
State influences on Australian federal voting, 1946-1998
title State influences on Australian federal voting, 1946-1998
title_full State influences on Australian federal voting, 1946-1998
title_fullStr State influences on Australian federal voting, 1946-1998
title_full_unstemmed State influences on Australian federal voting, 1946-1998
title_short State influences on Australian federal voting, 1946-1998
title_sort state influences on australian federal voting, 1946-1998
topic Australian history
multi-level modelling
state-level influence
federal elections
Australian elections
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8698