Election outcomes, legislative representation, and satisfaction with democracy
| Autor: | Alexandre Morin-Chassé, André Blais, Shane P. Singh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
Sociology and Political Science
media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Legislature computer.file_format Democracy 0506 political science Representation (politics) Voting Political economy Political science 0502 economics and business Cabinet (file format) 050602 political science & public administration Voting behavior 050207 economics computer media_common |
| Zdroj: | Party Politics. 23:85-95 |
| ISSN: | 1460-3683 1354-0688 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1354068815583200 |
| Popis: | This paper disentangles the relationship between election outcomes and satisfaction with democracy. As the first comparative study to employ a measure of satisfaction immediately before and after elections, we can be unusually confident that any changes we observe are attributable to election outcomes. Following previous work, we affirm that voting for parties that win more votes, more legislative seats, and more cabinet seats boosts satisfaction with democracy. In addition, we demonstrate for the first time that voters are sensitive to deficits in representation; satisfaction with democracy decreases when one’s party’s seat share falls short of its vote share. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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