Candidates in the 2005 Bundestag Election
Mode of Candidacy, Campaigning and Issues
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6262145 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andreas M Wüst (0000-0002-0355-0580, Mannheim Centre for European Social Research), Hermann Schmitt (Mannheim Centre for European Social Research), Thomas Gschwend (0000-0002-8656-9622, Mannheim Centre for European Social Research), Thomas Zittel (0000-0003-2964-6617, Mannheim Centre for European Social Research) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 420-438 |
| Publication date | 2006-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | German Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-4008 • E-ISSN: 1743-8993 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09644000601062576 |
| OpenAlex | W2025836869 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 6 |
Electoral campaigns are conducted by parties and candidates to convince the \npeople to turn out to vote and to vote for them instead of voting for a competitor. \nIn parliamentary democracies, and especially in those that apply electoral \nsystems of proportional representation with closed party lists, parties and their \ntop candidates for prime minister or for chancellor are considered to be the \nmain actors in campaigns. Consequently, electoral campaigns are primarily \nparty campaigns which are neither won nor lost by any 'average' candidate. \nParties structure the electoral competition by collectively emphasising certain \nissues and by presenting a rather cohesive ideological perspective in a \ncampaign. Further, candidates and elected MPs are first and foremost representatives \nof their parties with very limited personal room for political manoeuvre. \nWhile this assessment is not challenged in principle, we argue that it cuts too \nshort. In addition to parties, candidates play important roles in electoral campaigns, \nand due to the modernisation of parties and campaigns, we expect a substantial \ndegree of personalised campaigning which is likely to increase in the \nfuture. Given the particular mixed-member electoral system used to elect \nthe German Bundestag, we are able to differentiate the campaign of pure constituency \ncandidates, pure list candidates and the most frequent hybrids who ran for \noffice both in a constituency and on a party list in 2005." (author's abstract
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The best of both worlds? Evaluating the campaign behaviour of dual candidates
| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,89 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |