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When dimensions collide: The electoral success of issue entrepreneurs

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De Vries, Catherine E., Hobolt, Sara B.·2012·European Union Politics
DOI 10.1177/1465116511434788
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Theories of issue evolution and issue manipulation suggest that ‘political losers’ in the party system can advance their position by introducing a new issue dimension. According to these theories, a strategy of issue entrepreneurship, that is the attempt to restructure political competition by mobilizing a previously non-salient issue dimension, allows political losers to attract new voters and reap electoral gains. In this study, we examine the extent to which these expectations hold by exploring issue entrepreneurial strategies of political parties when applied to the issue of European integration. Using multi-level modelling to analyse European Election Study data, we first show that voters are more likely to cast their ballot for parties that are losers on the extant dimension based on concerns related to European integration. Secondly, a time-series cross-sectional analysis demonstrates that parties that employ an issue entrepreneurial strategy are more successful electorally. Put differently, voters are responsive to the issue entrepreneurial strategies of parties. These findings have important implications for our understanding of party competition and electoral behaviour in multi-party systems.

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Authors
De Vries, C. E., & Hobolt, S. B.
Venue
European Union Politics
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2012-05-23
Volume
13
Issue
2
Pages
246-268
ISSN
  • 1465-1165 (ISSN-L)
  • 1741-2757
DOI
10.1177/1465116511434788
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450
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52
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111.94
Type
journal article
Language
en
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