Citizen-elite congruence has long been considered an important yardstick for the quality of
democracy. The literature on citizen satisfaction with democracy, however, has reduced …

The relationship between what citizens want in terms of policies and what they get from
political elites is considered one of the key aspects of representative democracies. Scholars …

There is widespread agreement that better policy representation increases citizens'
satisfaction with democracy. Previous research on this topic has generally focused on …

Congruence between government policies and citizen preferences is a key element that
increases the quality of democracy. While scholars have shown that governments generally …

Previous research has shown that citizens tend to be more satisfied with the functioning of
democracy when their ideological positions are more proximate to representatives'. This …

This chapter connects the two end-poles of the chain of political representation: citizens'
policy preferences and public policy outputs. As a step in between, it discusses work on …

The last decade has witnessed the rise of populist parties and a number of actors that
question liberal democracy. Many explanations of this rely on dissatisfied citizens. We ask in …

Political representation does not function well for citizens whose positions on political issues
differ from those of elected representatives. In this paper, we argue that opinion …

In the first comparative study of multidimensional government‐citizen policy congruence, this
article shows that citizens are less satisfied with democracy when their views differ from that …

A well-functioning democracy requires citizens' support for its political institutions and
procedures. While scholars have previously studied the role of contextual factors for …