The economy and party preferences in multi-level systems: the influence of economic perceptions and partisan congruence in six regions
How does the economy influence party preferences in multi-level states? Using regional-level survey data from Canada, Germany and Spain, we show that there is a ‘cross-level’ effect of economic evaluations. Citizens thus take into consideration both the regional and the national economy when determi...
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| description | How does the economy influence party preferences in multi-level states? Using regional-level survey data from Canada, Germany and Spain, we show that there is a ‘cross-level’ effect of economic evaluations. Citizens thus take into consideration both the regional and the national economy when determining their support for incumbents at either level. However, the way in which they do so depends on whether the same party is in office at two levels or not. If so, standard reward-punishment patterns apply. If different parties are in office at the two levels, incumbents at one level are rewarded for bad and punished for good economic outcomes at the other level. Overall, the influence of cross-level economic perceptions is about half as large as that of same-level economic perceptions. Our findings have important normative implications for the signalling function of elections. |
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| spelling | nottingham-527832020-05-04T19:48:37Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52783/ The economy and party preferences in multi-level systems: the influence of economic perceptions and partisan congruence in six regions Toubeau, Simon Wagner, Markus How does the economy influence party preferences in multi-level states? Using regional-level survey data from Canada, Germany and Spain, we show that there is a ‘cross-level’ effect of economic evaluations. Citizens thus take into consideration both the regional and the national economy when determining their support for incumbents at either level. However, the way in which they do so depends on whether the same party is in office at two levels or not. If so, standard reward-punishment patterns apply. If different parties are in office at the two levels, incumbents at one level are rewarded for bad and punished for good economic outcomes at the other level. Overall, the influence of cross-level economic perceptions is about half as large as that of same-level economic perceptions. Our findings have important normative implications for the signalling function of elections. Elsevier 2018-08-30 Article PeerReviewed Toubeau, Simon and Wagner, Markus (2018) The economy and party preferences in multi-level systems: the influence of economic perceptions and partisan congruence in six regions. Electoral Studies, 54 . pp. 22-34. ISSN 0261-3794 economic voting accountability responsibility attribution federalism partisan congruence https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261379418300878?via%3Dihub doi:10.1016/j.electstud.2018.04.019 doi:10.1016/j.electstud.2018.04.019 |
| spellingShingle | economic voting accountability responsibility attribution federalism partisan congruence Toubeau, Simon Wagner, Markus The economy and party preferences in multi-level systems: the influence of economic perceptions and partisan congruence in six regions |
| title | The economy and party preferences in multi-level systems:
the influence of economic perceptions and partisan congruence in six regions |
| title_full | The economy and party preferences in multi-level systems:
the influence of economic perceptions and partisan congruence in six regions |
| title_fullStr | The economy and party preferences in multi-level systems:
the influence of economic perceptions and partisan congruence in six regions |
| title_full_unstemmed | The economy and party preferences in multi-level systems:
the influence of economic perceptions and partisan congruence in six regions |
| title_short | The economy and party preferences in multi-level systems:
the influence of economic perceptions and partisan congruence in six regions |
| title_sort | economy and party preferences in multi-level systems:
the influence of economic perceptions and partisan congruence in six regions |
| topic | economic voting accountability responsibility attribution federalism partisan congruence |
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