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The interplay of economic vote dimensions: inequality, redistribution preferences and support for incumbents
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Abstract Economic voting is multidimensional (covering valence, patrimony and positional dimensions), and a growing number of research contributions have explored the existence and strength of the effect of these dimensions on voting. However, we know comparatively little about the interplay between these di... view more
Economic voting is multidimensional (covering valence, patrimony and positional dimensions), and a growing number of research contributions have explored the existence and strength of the effect of these dimensions on voting. However, we know comparatively little about the interplay between these dimensions. This article fills that void by focusing on how the interplay between the rise of income inequality (the valence dimension) and redistribution preferences (the positional dimension) influences support for incumbents. Using the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) Modules 4 and 5, I find that preferences for income redistribution reduce the likelihood of voters supporting incumbent parties. Modest evidence demonstrates that this relationship is stronger in countries where inequality increased to a greater degree between elections. Voters who want more redistribution tend to re-elect left-wing governments and want to throw out right-wing incumbents. However, rise of inequality hurts both left-wing and right-wing incumbents.... view less
Keywords
election; voter; redistribution; redistribution of income; inequality; social inequality; political support; party in power; voting behavior; economic factors
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
Positional economic voting; Valence; Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) Module 4 Full Release (2018) and Module 5 Advance Release 2 (2020); International Social Survey Programme: Social Inequality IV - ISSP 2009 (Netherlands) (ZA5995 Data file Version 1.0.0); International Social Survey Programme: Social Networks and Social Resources - ISSP 2017 (ZA6980 Data file Version 2.0.0)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 594-621
Journal
Comparative European Politics, 19 (2021) 5
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1057/s41295-021-00249-2
ISSN
1740-388X
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed