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Taking Stock of Local and Regional Electoral Behaviour: When is Sub-National Voting NOT About National Politics?

Local Government
Regionalism
Electoral Behaviour
P380
Ulrik Kjær
Department of Political Science & Public Management, University of Southern Denmark
Arjan H. Schakel
Universitetet i Bergen

Monday 13:45 - 15:30 BST (24/08/2020)

Abstract

The number of local and regional elections have increased considerably since the 1990s. The objective of this Panel is to share findings regarding the conditions under which voting in regional and local elections is NOT about national politics. This Panel will bring together scholars working on regional and local election survey data as well as election data disaggregated to the local and regional levels. Both groups of scholars tend to take up similar kind of questions but do not communicate much with each other. We will discuss papers that present empirical findings based on local and/or regional election data and analyses may be based on a single election or elections held across several territories and may concern legislative or executive elections.

Title Details
Voting Behaviour in Local Elections, Municipalities with Different Size and Party Systems View Paper Details
Decentralization and the Regionalization of Party Systems View Paper Details
Splitting the Local and Regional Vote View Paper Details
Voter's Perceptions on the Importance of Regional and Local Elections View Paper Details
A Lack of Local Loyalty Understanding Vote Switch Parties Between National and Municipal Elections in the Netherlands View Paper Details