Issues, Ideology, and Information in Electoral Competition

Abstract

How do voters choose between parties -- and what can parties do to improve their electoral prospects? This panel brings together papers examining how issues, information and ideology structure vote choice and party competition. Papers featured in the panel use techniques ranging from survey experiments to agent-based modeling to engage with this topic, presenting a comprehensive picture of recent developments in this field.

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Party Families Beyond Left and Right: Contrasting Conceptions of Party Ideology	View Paper Details
The Clarity Incentive for Issue Engagement	View Paper Details
Why Knowledge is Not Good Enough: Examining Individual Preconditions for Strategic Voting	View Paper Details
Dimensionality and Emergence of the Political Space - An Agent-Based Model	View Paper Details