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Europe's Common Left-Right Space
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Abstract "This study presents a new method to estimate the locations of voters, parties, and
European political groups in the same ideological space using left-right placements
by voters. We apply our method to the 2009 European Election Survey and demonstrate
that the improvement in party estimates that one... view more
"This study presents a new method to estimate the locations of voters, parties, and
European political groups in the same ideological space using left-right placements
by voters. We apply our method to the 2009 European Election Survey and demonstrate
that the improvement in party estimates that one gains from xing various survey bias issues is significant. Our scaling strategy provides left-right positions of voters and party positions for 162 parties - more than traditional expert survey studies currently provide. We test the convergent validity of these positions in multiple ways and demonstrate how rescaled voter and party positions can be used in cross-national research." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
voting behavior; EU; political ideology; party; voter; international comparison; preference; party system; political attitude; election to the European Parliament; survey research; estimation
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
Method
development of methods; basic research
Document language
English
Publication Year
2011
City
Mannheim
Page/Pages
44 p.
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications
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