Parties and Issue Competition

Abstract

The idea of issue competition – that parties compete by drawing attention to preferred issues – is well-established in political science. However, we know very little about the dynamics of issue competition. Empirical studies systematically find issue-overlap, so political parties do not only pay attention to preferred issue, but also pay attention to other issues. This indicates that parties influence each other. However, we know very little about this influence. When can parties ignore what their competitors are talking about and when do they have to engage the issues? The panel welcomes all papers exploring the dynamics of issue competition including papers that relate issue competition to other model of party competition.

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