In the heat of an election campaign pollsters often warn us that nothing is sure yet: their poll
results are only a snapshot and, more important, a large segment of the electorate has not …

In the past decades, the number of floating voters has been on the rise, especially in
European democracies. An increasing number of voters change their party preference not …

Voter volatility has traditionally been an important research topic in electoral studies. The
recent alleged increase in volatility levels has led to a renewed interest into investigating the …

This article examines the causes of stability and change in vote intentions during the 2014
Belgian federal election campaign. Drawing on data from the 2014 Parti Rep Belgian Voter …

The literature on electoral volatility and the literature on electoral campaigns hold
contradictory views on voters switching vote (intention) during the campaign. In this note, we …

The literature on electoral volatility and the literature on electoral campaigns hold
contradictory views on voters switching vote (intention) during the campaign. In this note, we …

As the 2014 elections approached it seemed as if the stage was set for large-scale swings in
which the parties in the Federal government on both sides of the language boundary would …

Increasing voter volatility has led to a renewed research interest in determinants of party
switching. While previous research has mainly focused on the characteristics of volatile …

In this article, we investigate voter volatility and analyse the causes and motives of switching
vote intentions. We test two main sets of variables linked to volatility in literature; political …

The decision on who to vote for was presented as a standing decision in electoral sociology
literature for a long time. The literature of electoral sociology has tended to represent …