Is Personal Vote‐Seeking Behavior Effective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6300463 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Däubler (0000-0001-5106-4918, University of Mannheim), Thomas Bräuninger (0000-0003-2767-717X, University of Mannheim), Martin Brunner (0000-0001-7182-5622, University of Konstanz) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 419-444 |
| Publication date | 2016-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Legislative Studies Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0362-9805 • E-ISSN: 1939-9162 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/lsq.12119 |
| OpenAlex | W2463034540 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 49 |
| References cited | 46 |
Does representatives' legislative activity have any effect on their electoral performance? A broad theoretical literature suggests so, but real‐world evidence is scarce as empirically, personal and party votes are hard to separate. In this article, we examine whether bill initiation actually helps MPs to attract preference votes under flexible list electoral systems. In these systems, voters can accept the party‐provided rank order or vote for specific candidates, which allows a clear distinction between personal and party votes. The empirical analysis uses data on bill initiation by Belgian MPs in the period 2003–2007 to explain their personal vote in the 2007 elections. We find that particularly single‐authored proposals initiated shortly before the upcoming elections are associated with a larger personal vote
Contingent vote · Economics · Group voting ticket · Legislature · Microeconomics · Order (exchange · Political science · Politics · Preference · Voting · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Politics and Representation · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
Two hats, one purse
The limited electoral payoff of parliamentary work
Private members’ bills & parliamentary motions
Reevaluating the policy success of private members bills
Career lengths of members of parliament in mixed-member proportional electoral systems
Candidate visibility, voter knowledge, and the incumbency advantage in preferential-list PR
Political ambition and opposition legislative review
Remembering One’s Representative
Parliamentary Activity, Re-Selection and the Personal Vote. Evidence from Flexible-List Systems
Productivity-based retrospective voting
Legislative performance and the electoral connection in European Parliament elections
What kind of opposition do citizens want
Business interests, public interests, and experts in parliamentary committees
Intraparty Competition, Geographic Responsiveness and Incumbent Deselection in Closed-List Proportional Representation
The Indirect Effect of Electoral Rules on Citizens’ Satisfaction with Democracy
Voters’ Knowledge of Their Representatives
Private Member Bills and Electoral Connection in Wales
Exploring the Most Likely Case for Constituency Service
How local personal vote-earning attributes affect the aggregate party vote share
The Evaluation of the District Legislators’ Performance Affects Citizens’ Satisfaction with Democracy
Partisan Dealignment and Personal Vote-Seeking in Parliamentary Behaviour
Personalization of parliamentary behaviour
Party ownership or individual specialization? A comparison of politicians’ individual issue attention across three different agendas
Parliamentary Work, Re-Selection and Re-Election
Looking after Constituency Interests
The Electoral Value of Constituency-Oriented Parliamentary Questions in Hungary and Romania
Rewarding Some, But Not All? The Selectoral Consequences of Parliamentary Activity for Newcomers and Experienced MPs in Belgium (1995–2019)
Municipal Councillors in Parliament, a Handicap for Legislative Activism? Parliamentary Productivity of Dual Mandate-Holders in the Belgian Federal Assembly between 1995 and 2014
What Factors Shape the Substantive Representation of Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals in Parliament? Testing the Impact of Minority Membership, Political Values and Awareness
Behind the Scenes
Geographic Representation in Party‐Dominated Legislatures
Partisanship and the Effectiveness of Personal Vote Seeking
A place to speak and be heard? Parliamentary speech and media attention in Estonia, 2011–2019
Legislative Scholars Should Study Extralegislative Outcomes
Who wins preference votes? An analysis of party loyalty, ideology, and accountability to voters
Speaking up to stay in parliament
What makes politicians work harder? The role of electoral advantage
Who is ready to climb the hill? The effect of legislative activity on promotion to higher offices in Chile
A Fair Day’s Wage for a Fair Day’s Work’? Exploring the connection between the parliamentary work of MPs and their electoral support
The good, the loyal or the active? MPs’ parliamentary performance and the achievement of static and progressive career ambitions in parliament
Voters reward hard-working MPs
How does staggered membership renewal affect parliamentary behaviour? Evidence from the French Senate
The electoral connection in staggered parliaments
Emotions in the aisles
Do electoral district size and diversity affect legislative behaviour
Competing Principals? Legislative Representation in List Proportional Representation Systems
When do political parties benefit from incumbents' personal votes? Comparative analysis across different electoral systems
The conditional effect of personal vote-seeking behaviors on MPs electoral performance
Voting for Votes
The Personal Vote
Representing the People
Data Analysis Using Regression and Multilevel/Hierarchical Models
Bayesian Data Analysis
Comparative Electoral Systems Research
It's Not Only About Lists
Inference from Iterative Simulation Using Multiple Sequences
Strategies Under the Surface
The Impact of Federal Spending on House Election Outcomes
Attitudinal effects of mere exposure
Explaining the number of preferential votes for women in an open-list PR system
Electoral Institutions and Legislative Behavior
Legislator Shirking and Voter Monitoring
The Voters Decide
Electoral institutions and campaigning in comparative perspective
Behind the Curve
Politicians in the News
Individualised Constituency Campaigns in Mixed-Member Electoral Systems
Electoral Rewards for Personal Vote Cultivation under PR-STV
Do Belgian parties undermine the democratic chain of delegation
Effects of Campaign Spending in an Open List PR System
Electoral Institutions and Distributive Policies in Parliamentary Systems
Vote-Seeking Incentives and Legislative Representation in Six Presidential Democracies
Congressional Elections and the Pork Barrel
The Electoral Effects of House Committee Assignments
The Position-taking Value of Bill Sponsorship in Congress
The Effects of Political Representation on the Electoral Advantages of House Incumbents
Effect of Local Ties On Electoral Success and Parliamentary Behaviour
Private Members' Bills in the UK Parliament
Parliamentary Opposition in Post-Consociational Democracies
Personal vote‐seeking in flexible list systems
A Natural Experiment in Proposal Power and Electoral Success
Plurality Rule, Proportional Representation, and the German Bundestag
The Congressional Incumbency Effect
Looking for Locals
The Price of Conscience
Electoral Strategy under Open-List Proportional Representation
Incentives to cultivate a personal vote
Vote-earning strategies in flexible list systems
Demoted leaders and exiled candidates
The Electoral Impact of Congressional Roll Call Voting
Candidates and Parties in Congressional Elections
How Words and Money Cultivate a Personal Vote
| Unique citing works | 49 |
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| Citations per year | 5,44 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 49 |