Through thick and thin? The dynamics of government support across income groups during economic crises Academic Article

abstract

• Students of economic voting have recently made substantial progress in their understanding of when the economy is and is not likely to impact election outcomes. Our knowledge of the lower level dynamics that drive these aggregate results remains fairly murky. In this paper we test competing theoretical claims about how individual level orientations toward political economy lead to observed aggregate trends in support for incumbent politicians. We do this with models of support for the Labour Party in the United Kingdom before and during the recent global economic turndown. 2010 Elsevier Ltd.

authors

• Whitten, Guy

published proceedings

• ELECTORAL STUDIES

author list (cited authors)

• Palmer, H. D., & Whitten, G. D.

citation count

• 20

complete list of authors

• Palmer, Harvey D||Whitten, Guy D

publication date

• January 2011

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Electoral Studies  Journal

keywords

• Economic Crisis
• Economic Voting
• Heterogeneity
• Mass Support Dynamics

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.electstud.2010.11.008

start page

• 427

end page

• 437

volume

• 30

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2010.11.008