How negative partisanship affects voting behavior in Europe: Evidence from an analysis of 17 European multi-party systems with proportional voting

While positive party identification is one of the most used concepts in election studies, negative partisanship (NPID) is rarely analyzed. Evidence from two-party systems or settings with majority voting shows that hostility towards one of the other parties has its own unique impact on voting behavi...

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Main Author: Sabrina Jasmin Mayer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-01-01
Series:Research & Politics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168016686636