How Public Opinion Information Changes Politicians’ Opinions and Behavior
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Scholars have come to understand that the public has increasingly nuanced views on matters of national security and that public opinion can influence elite decision-making.
“However, scholars have come to understand that the public has increasingly nuanced views on matters of national security, and that public opinion can influence elite decision-making (Lin-Greenberg 2021; Sevenans 2021).”
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- Authors
- Sevenans, J.
- Affiliations
- University of Antwerp (BE)
- Corresponding author
- Sevenans, Julie
- ORCID
- Sevenans, Julie
- Venue
- Political Behavior
- Published
- 2021-04-27
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1801-1823
- ISSN
- 0190-9320 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-6687
- OpenAlex
- W3157878583
- Cited by
- 69
- References
- 62
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 23 · 2021: 3
- FWCI
- 40.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Political Behavior (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (12X6218N, G012517N)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Political Theory and Democracy
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Public Administration and Political Analysis
- Keywords
- elite responsiveness, public opinion, voter preferences, party positions, Members of Parliament, political representation, survey experiment, Belgium
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