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

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 …

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 …

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 …

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

The level of congruence between parties and their voters can vary greatly from one policy
issue to another, which raises questions regarding the effectiveness of political …

Citizen satisfaction with democracy is greater when parties offer choices that are congruent
with voter preferences. But are citizens content with simply having a party that represents …

This article examines ideological ties between citizens and parties in power and its impact
on satisfaction with democracy in eight consolidated democracies during the late 1990s …

A premise of the mass–elite linkage at the heart of representative democracy is that voters
notice changes in political parties' policy positions and update their party perceptions …

Abstract Electoral'winners'(ie, voters casting a ballot for a party included in the post-electoral
government) are acknowledged to be more satisfied with democracy than supporters of …