dc.contributor.author | BØLSTAD, Jørgen | |
dc.contributor.author | DINAS, Elias | |
dc.contributor.author | RIERA, Pedro | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-12-19T17:59:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-12-19T17:59:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Political behavior, 2013, Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 429-452 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0190-9320 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1814/33929 | |
dc.description.abstract | Studying the development of stable political attitudes, political scientists have argued that repeated voting for a political party reinforces initial party preferences, in a seemingly mechanistic process of habit-formation. However, the empirical evidence is scarce and the theoretical framework underdeveloped. Does the act of voting for a party improve an individual's evaluation of this party? If so, is this effect simply due to habit-formation, or a more complex psychological mechanism? Drawing on cognitive dissonance theory, we examine the act of voting as a choice inducing dissonance reduction. We go beyond existing research, by focusing on tactical voters-a group for which the notion of habitual reinforcement does not predict an effect. The analyses reveal a positive effect of the act of voting tactically on the preferences for the parties voted for and may thus call for a revision of the traditional understanding of the role of voting in shaping party preferences. | |
dc.language.iso | En | |
dc.publisher | Springer/Plenum Publishers | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Political behavior | |
dc.subject | Party preferences | |
dc.subject | Partisanship | |
dc.subject | Party identification | |
dc.subject | Cognitive dissonance | |
dc.subject | Tactical voting | |
dc.subject | Genetic matching | |
dc.subject | Multiple control groups | |
dc.subject | Electoral systems | |
dc.subject | voters behavior | |
dc.subject | identification | |
dc.subject | partisanship | |
dc.subject | dynamics | |
dc.subject | perceptions | |
dc.subject | turnout | |
dc.subject | britain | |
dc.subject | choice | |
dc.subject | model | |
dc.title | Tactical voting and party preferences : a test of cognitive dissonance theory | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s11109-012-9205-1 | |
dc.identifier.volume | 35 | |
dc.identifier.startpage | 429 | |
dc.identifier.endpage | 452 | |
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dc.identifier.issue | 3 | |