The worthy and the fallible
Framing the issue of state party funding
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6314628 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Danielle May (0009-0002-7079-4240, Aarhus University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 714-726 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Party Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-0688 • E-ISSN: 1460-3683 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/13540688241262470 |
| OpenAlex | W4399725960 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 33 |
The party politics literature has shown that parties being mostly reliant on state funding (as in most of Europe) is more conducive to equal representation than them being mostly reliant on big donors (as in the US and UK). But what do citizens think? Relatively little attention has been paid to public opinion on party funding. We only know that citizens tend to instinctively oppose both ways of funding parties. Yet, party funding is not a salient issue except in times of scandal, meaning it is an issue on which citizens are ill-informed. In this paper, I test what happens when citizens in the UK and Denmark are exposed to arguments in support of state party funding, through survey experiments. I find that highlighting state funding’s ability to reduce party reliance on big donors substantially increases support for the policy, especially among low trusting Britons
Economics · Framing (construction · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Positive economics · Sociology · State (computer science · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · History · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |