Harold D. Clarke David Sanders Marianne C. Stewart
Why do people vote as they do? Why do people vote at all? This ground-breaking new work by four leading scholars tests different explanations of these questions by using the most current data sources available. The result is essential reading for anyone interested, not just in UK politics, but in how people make choices about politics, voting, and democracy.
Why do people vote as they do? Why do people vote at all? This ground-breaking new work by four leading scholars tests different explanations of these...
Recent national elections in Canada and the United States have been exciting, consequential contests. In the 2004 federal election in Canada, the Liberal Party narrowly clung to power after a volatile and bitter battle with the new Conservative Party. In 2006, the Conservative Party won a fragile victory, replacing the scandal-ridden Liberal government. In the 2000 American presidential election, Republican George W. Bush became the first candidate in over 100 years to capture the presidency without a majority popular vote. Four years later, Bush finally attained a narrow popular mandate...
Recent national elections in Canada and the United States have been exciting, consequential contests. In the 2004 federal election in Canada, the L...
Harold D. Clarke David Sanders Marianne C. Stewart
What matters most to voters when they choose their leaders? This book suggests that performance politics is at the heart of contemporary democracy, with voters forming judgments about how well competing parties and leaders perform on important issues. Given the high stakes and uncertainty involved, voters rely heavily on partisan cues and party leader images as guides to electoral choice. However, the authors argue that the issue agenda of British politics has changed markedly in recent years. A cluster of concerns about crime, immigration and terrorism now mix with perennial economic and...
What matters most to voters when they choose their leaders? This book suggests that performance politics is at the heart of contemporary democracy, wi...
The related subjects of political legitimacy and system support are key theoretical concerns of students of democratic societies. They have received very little scholarly attention, however, because of the conceptual and methodological complexities they engender. In this book, the authors address these concerns through systematic multivariate analyses of the sources, distribution and consequences of variations in citizen support for key political objects in one such society, Canada. Although they do so within a comparative context, their primary focus is on Canada because it is not only one...
The related subjects of political legitimacy and system support are key theoretical concerns of students of democratic societies. They have received v...
Harold D. Clarke David Sanders Marianne C. Stewart
Affluence, Austerity and Electoral Change in Britain investigates the political economy of party support for British political parties since Tony Blair led New Labour to power in 1997. Using valence politics models of electoral choice and marshalling an unprecedented wealth of survey data collected in the British Election Study's monthly Continuous Monitoring Surveys, the authors trace forces affecting support for New Labour during its thirteen years in office. They then study how the recessionary economy has influenced the dynamics of party support since the Conservative Liberal Democrat...
Affluence, Austerity and Electoral Change in Britain investigates the political economy of party support for British political parties since Tony Blai...
This book tells the story of the 2015 General Election in Britain. It examines the record and performance of the Coalition government and the details of the campaign in the run-up to the election. It looks closely at why people voted the way they did and the outcome in relation to constituencies won and lost across Britain.
This book tells the story of the 2015 General Election in Britain. It examines the record and performance of the Coalition government and the details ...
