Platform or Personality?
The Role of Party Leaders in Elections
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23393003 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amanda Bittner (0000-0001-7147-7963, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Pages | 208 |
| Publication date | 2011-05-05 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Platform or personality? (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199595365.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W2496868659 |
| Open Library | OL25029423M |
| ISBN | 9780199595365 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 130 |
Campaign organizers and the media appear to agree that voters' perceptions of party leaders have an important impact in elections. This book examines voters' evaluations of party leaders in elections around the world and finds that leaders have an unmistakeable and consistent impact on voters' decisions at the ballot box.
Competence (human resources) · Democracy · Legislature · Meaning (existential) · Perception · Personality · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Sophistication · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology · Case studies · Comparative government · Elections · Personality and politics · Political campaigns · Political leadership · Political parties · Psychological aspects · Public opinion · Voting
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Citizens’ Aversion to Pay Raises for Politicians
The Partisan Gap in Leader Support and Attitude Polarization in a Campaign Environment
Teflon Trump? Shifting Public Perceptions of Donald Trump’s Personality Traits across Four Studies over 18 Months
Extreme recall
Political leaders and the media. Can we measure political leadership images in newspapers using computer-assisted content analysis
Partisan Bias of Non-Voters in Canada and the Consequences for Representative Democracy
Political Para-Social Relationship as a Predictor of Voting Preferences in the Israeli 2019 Elections
Difficult choices
Personalization of the electoral system and political parties
Centralized personalization at the expense of decentralized personalization. The decline of preferential voting in Belgium (2003–2014)
The Personalization of Politics in Anglo-American Democracies
Gender bias in political candidate evaluation among voters
Power struggles in the German Christian Democrats. The dynamics of three consecutive leadership contests
The peculiar personality of strongmen
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The electoral success of angels and demons
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Mediated Leader Effects
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Media Coverage of Female Candidates’ Traits in the 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary
Beyond the Ballot
Fear and Loathing in Populist Campaigns? Comparing the Communication Style of Populists and Non-populists in Elections Worldwide
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Leader Effects and Voting for the Populist Radical Right in Western Europe
More than a memento mori? Assessing the participation of former Prime Ministers in the House of Commons
The effect of voters’ economic perception, Brexit and campaigns on the evaluation of party leaders over time
Different shades of leadership
Multiple vote electoral systems
Members versus Experts
‘Mirror, mirror …’
Donald Trump, Populism, and the Age of Extremes
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Lifeblood of the Party
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The Impact of Voter Evaluations of Leaders’ Traits on Voting Behaviour
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What does the minister do? On the working conditions of political leaders
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Unraveling the Black Mountain
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Trick of the traits
Leader vs. the party dilemma
Personalization of Party Politics? Reevaluating the Role of Leaders in Voting Decisions
Gendered News Coverage and Women as Heads of Government
Understanding leader evaluations in European Parliament elections
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The personality of populists
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The Contemporary Landscape of Gendered Personality Traits
Leader Polarisation
Gender Differences in Assessments of Party Leaders
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The missing link
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Who Cares? Explaining Perceptions of Compassion in Candidates for Office
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Political personalization and personalized politics within and beyond the behavioural arena
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Beyond populism
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Intra-party democracy, political performance and the survival of party leaders
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| Unique citing works | 130 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 9,29 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 128 |