Campaign Effects in a Changing Environment: The 2006 Italian Legislative Elections
Studies on elections and voting behavior have generally shown that campaigns display only a minimal effect, while predispositions are found to play a fundamental role in influencing voters' preferences. This paper aims to re-evaluate these findings by analyzing campaign effects through a panel...
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | eng |
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2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10451/20661 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/20661 |
| Summary: | Studies on elections and voting behavior have generally shown that campaigns display only a minimal effect, while predispositions are found to play a fundamental role in influencing voters' preferences. This paper aims to re-evaluate these findings by analyzing campaign effects through a panel survey conducted during the 2006 Italian elections. This case study is particularly interesting due to the changes in the political and media environment that occurred after the mid-1990s. The results substantially confirm that campaign-related variables have a weak impact on voting choice, although they had important effects in terms of voters' participation and floating voters' orientations. |
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