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Did you see it coming? Explaining the accuracy of voter expectations for district and (sub)national election outcomes in multi-party systems
(Elsevier, 2021-03-19)
The expectations of voters regarding election outcomes appear to be mostly influenced by their own political preferences. This raises two important questions. First, once partisan predispositions have been accounted for, ...
The abiding voter : the lengthy horizon of retrospective evaluations
(Wiley, 2019-11-29)
Although the theory of retrospective voting receives wide support in the literature on voting
behavior, less agreement exists on voters’ time horizon when assessing the government’s
performance – i.e., whether voters are ...
Explaining the Trump vote : the effect of racist resentment and anti-immigrant sentiments
(Cambridge University Press, 2018-04-12)
The campaign leading to the 2016 US presidential election included a number of unconventional forms of campaign rhetoric. In earlier analyses, it was claimed that the Trump victory could be seen as a form of protest voting. ...
Are the supporters of populist parties loyal voters? Dissatisfaction and stable voting for populist parties
(Cambridge University Press, 2018-09-17)
Scholars of electoral behaviour regularly link political dissatisfaction to two types of
behaviour: voting for populist parties and unstable voting behaviour. It is therefore not
surprising that the electorates of populist ...
Does business influence government regulations? Newevidence from Canadian impact assessments
(Wiley, 2020-04-27)
Regulatory impact assessments frequently embed stakeholder consultations in their design.
Canada was one of the early adopters of such an approach and therefore has systematic
documentation on the actors taking part in ...
10 Downing Street: who’s next? Seemingly unrelated regressions to forecast UK election results
(Taylor and Francis, 2019-02-01)
In recent years, the British polling industry has encountered difficulties in its attempts to measure
voting intentions in important popular consultations, notably the referendum on Scottish
independence, the 2015 general ...
Do women vote less correctly? The effect of gender on ideological proximity voting and correct voting
(University of Chicago Press, 2020-05-11)
Studies on political knowledge routinely find that women have lower levels of political
knowledge than men. This gender gap in political knowledge is usually interpreted as
troublesome for democracy, because a lack of ...
Compulsory voting, inequality, and quality of the vote : the impact of compulsory voting on accountability and proximity voting
The impact of compulsory voting on inequality and the quality of the vote
(Routledge, 2017-01-18)
Democratic elections imply that the electorate holds incumbents accountable
for past performance, and that voters select the party that is closest to their own
political preferences. Previous research shows that both ...
When Doctors Shape Policy: The Impact of Self-Regulation on Governing Human Biotechnology
(2016-09)
This paper investigates the development and adoption of governance modes in the field of human biotechnology. As the field of human biotechnology is relatively new, voluntary professional self-regulation constituted the ...
Regulating Assisted Reproduction in Canada, Switzerland, and the USA: Comparing the Judicialization of Policy-making
(2017-02-14)
This article analyses the extent to which courts shape policies for assisted reproduction. While the USA is considered to be the most litigious country, Canada has observed a growing involvement of the courts from the ...