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August 8, 2018 / Uncategorized

Public opinion and the positions of political parties

In a new paper (open access) in Party Politics, GovLis team member Jeroen Romeijn studies the policy positions of political parties in Germany. He finds that opposition parties generally take positions that are in line with public opinion. However, the positions of parties in government are not related to public opinion at all. Instead, they are related to the preferences of the supporters of government parties. Moreover, the paper shows that when the supporters of a political party and the general public disagree on a policy issue, political parties side with their supporters 84% of the time. Taken together, this suggests that when forced with a choice or put under pressure, political parties side with their supporters instead of the general public.

 

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This new paper by Anne Rasmussen, Stefanie Reher and Dimiter Toshkov in the European Journal of Political Research studies the links between public opinion and policy on 20 policy issues across 31 European countries. It shows substantial levels of congruence between public opinion and policy-making, but finds less evidence for a relationship between (electoral) institutions and the link between public opinion and policy.

 

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AllernElinElin Haugsgjerd Allern@AllernElin·
29 Jan

Great new article from the #GovLis project on whether and when organized interests affect the link between public opinion and policy. Co-authored by @a_rasmussen, @AnneBind and @HeikeKluever, published in @EJPRjournal. Congratulations!

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a_rasmussenAnne Rasmussen@a_rasmussen·
26 Jan

Latest paper from the #GovLis project on interest groups & policy representation.

In @EJPR we present a more sceptical view of the ability of groups to suppress the opinion–policy linkage than the one frequently presented w @AnneBind @HeikeKluever 1/10

https://ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1475-6765.12434

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