Random walk or planned excursion? Continuity and change in the left-right positions of political parties

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dc.contributor.authorDalton, R. J
dc.contributor.authorMcAllister, Ian
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-17T04:49:05Z
dc.date.available2015-07-17T04:49:05Z
dc.date.issued2015-04-07
dc.date.updated2015-12-11T07:25:20Z
dc.description.abstractImplicit in theories of democratic elections is the idea of change—or at least the potential for change. Elections provide the opportunity for citizens to change their party preferences and thus alter the course of government. In addition, political parties can change their programmatic positions to attract new voters. Our research asks how much parties change their Left–Right positions between elections and what this tells us about parties’ strategic choices. We utilize data from the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems project and the Chapel Hill Expert Surveys. We demonstrate very high stability in parties’ Left–Right position over time. Furthermore, we find only modest evidence that parties change their Left–Right position in a conscious process of vote seeking.
dc.identifier.issn0010-4140en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/14336
dc.publisherSAGE Publications
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2014. http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0010-4140/..."Author's post-print on author's personal website, departmental website, institutional website or institutional repository" from SHERPA/RoMEO site (as at 20/07/15)
dc.sourceComparative Political Studies
dc.titleRandom walk or planned excursion? Continuity and change in the left-right positions of political parties
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue6en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage787en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage759en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationMcAllister, I., Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National Universityen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailIan.McAllister@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidu8002356en_AU
local.identifier.absfor160601 - Australian Government and Politics
local.identifier.absseo940201 - Civics and Citizenship
local.identifier.ariespublicationa383154xPUB2423
local.identifier.citationvolume48en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.1177/0010414014558257en_AU
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84926478788
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu1005913en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttp://www.uk.sagepub.com/home.naven_AU
local.type.statusAccepted Versionen_AU

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