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Economic Voting in EU Referendums: Sociotropic versus Egocentric Voting in the Lisbon Treaty Plebiscites in Ireland

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Elkink, Johan A.
Quinlan, Stephen
Sinnott, Richard

Abstract

Economic voting is one of the most studied aspects of electoral behaviour. The dominant view is that sociotropic economic considerations are more important to voters in national elections. However, other research suggests that utilitarian motiva- tions are key to understanding support for the EU. ... view more

Economic voting is one of the most studied aspects of electoral behaviour. The dominant view is that sociotropic economic considerations are more important to voters in national elections. However, other research suggests that utilitarian motiva- tions are key to understanding support for the EU. An EU integration referendum offers the opportunity to explore whether and when sociotropic or utilitarian motivations are more important in determining vote choice. The unusual combination of two successive referendums in Ireland on the Lisbon Treaty, either side of the Global Financial Crisis, provides the ideal opportunity to test these assumptions. Using data from two post-referendum surveys, we demonstrate that the economy mattered in both referendums but that different economic motivations drove vote choice in each, with sociotropic motiva- tions more critical as a result of the Global Financial Crisis. Our study has implications for economic voting and referendums and demonstrates that context is crucial in determining a voter’s economic motivations in a plebiscite.... view less

Keywords
Lisbon Treaty; financial crisis; referendum; voting behavior; Ireland; voter; motivation; analysis; economic situation; altruistic behavior; utilitarism; European integration; national economy; economic factors; political situation

Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture

Free Keywords
economic voting; egocentric voting; financial crisis; Ireland; Lisbon Treaty; referendum; sociotropic voting

Document language
English

Publication Year
2019

Page/Pages
p. 334-350

Journal
Politics and Governance, 7 (2019) 2

ISSN
2183-2463

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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