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Competence and ambiguity in electoral competition
Public Choice, 2012The level of competence that voters attribute to different candidates is an important determinant of election results. In addition, it is observed that some candidates tend to be more ambiguous in their campaigns regarding future plans, while others commit to specific policies.
Sivan Frenkel
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Ethnic othering in Nigeria’s electoral discourse: the need for intercultural competence
Language and Intercultural Communication202407 bcch ; Self-funded ; Early release ; 18 months ; Green (AAM)
Sopuruchi Christian Aboh +2 more
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Ideology and Competence in Alternative Electoral Systems [PDF]
, 2008 We develop a model of elections in proportional (PR) and majoritarian (FPTP) electoral systems. The model allows for an endogenous number of candidates, differentiation of candidates in a private value dimension, or ideology, and a common value dimension, which we interpret broadly as quality. Voters are fully rational and strategic.
Andrea Mattozzi, Matias Iaryczower
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World Politics, 2013
This article analyzes electoral cycles in distributional bargaining in the European Union. The author argues that governments attempt to increase their EU membership benefits above average levels in the preelection period, hoping to appear politically competent to voters.
C. Schneider
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This article analyzes electoral cycles in distributional bargaining in the European Union. The author argues that governments attempt to increase their EU membership benefits above average levels in the preelection period, hoping to appear politically competent to voters.
C. Schneider
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Party’s Issue Competence and Electoral Decisions in Taiwan’s 2012 and 2016 Presidential Elections
2018Employing the theory of issue ownership, this chapter finds that voters’ concerns about Taiwan’s increasing economic dependence on China, together with a series of domestic events, have altered voter’s perceptions of the KMT’s issue competence, particularly in managing cross-Strait relations.
Ching-hsin Yu, T. Y. Wang
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Unsuccessful Success? Failed No-Confidence Motions, Competence Signals, and Electoral Support
Comparative Political Studies, 2011If no-confidence motions are primarily motivated by bringing down governments, why do only approximately 5% of no-confidence motions in advanced parliamentary democracies from 1960 result in the termination of government? In this project the author addresses this puzzle by developing a formal model of the electoral benefits of no-confidence motions ...
Laron K. Williams
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Why Compete for Firms? Electoral Effects of Corporate Headquarters Relocation
American Journal of Political Science, 2023AbstractWhy do local and state governments in the United States compete to attract and retain corporations in their jurisdictions even by offering generous incentives, which can jeopardize public spending on other needs? This research shows that the answer can lie in the electoral effects of headquarters (HQ) relocation.
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Competing on competence: the issue profiles of mainstream parties in Western Europe
West European Politics, 2023Despite a more volatile electoral landscape and in many countries also the electoral rise of niche parties, major mainstream parties continue to define the major political alternatives that citizens in Western Europe face when it comes to government ...
C. Green-Pedersen, H. Seeberg
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Prepodavatel XXI vek, 2023
The article attempts to examine the behavior of the suburban residents, who elected members of the magistrates in Russian cities, through the prism of the concept of «electoral culture».
D. Gushchina
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The article attempts to examine the behavior of the suburban residents, who elected members of the magistrates in Russian cities, through the prism of the concept of «electoral culture».
D. Gushchina
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Siberian Pedagogical Journal, 2023
The article actualizes the problem of formation of teachers’ electoral culture in a special educational environment. The aim of the article is the conceptual substantiation of the formation of the electoral culture of the teacher on the basis of the ...
I. B. Baykhanov
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The article actualizes the problem of formation of teachers’ electoral culture in a special educational environment. The aim of the article is the conceptual substantiation of the formation of the electoral culture of the teacher on the basis of the ...
I. B. Baykhanov
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