Partisan attachments in a multidimensional space

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6406875
AutoresRuth Dassonneville (0000-0003-2511-0129, Université de Montréal, autor de correspondencia), Patrick Fournier (0000-0002-0300-8476, Université de Montréal), Zeynep Somer-Topcu (0000-0001-7499-5571, Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA)
Año2023
Volumen46
Número4
Páginas678-704
Fecha de publicación2023-06-07
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWest European Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01402382.2022.2087387
OpenAlexW4285085307
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas53

How do party positions in a multidimensional space affect party identification? This article argues that when parties take consistent ideological positions across dimensions, they clarify their brand, fostering party identifications. An analysis that uses data from the European Social Survey and the Chapel Hill Expert Survey provides evidence for this argument. The results also indicate that the effect particularly holds for the less educated and politically less interested. In addition, ideological inconsistency affects individual parties’ electoral appeal, as parties that take different positions on two dimensions tend to have a smaller partisan base. The results provide important insights into how multidimensional party competition shapes the development of party attachments

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