Although ideology is a central factor in models of voting choice, little is known about the
factors that explain the variation across elections in the strength of ideological voting. This …

Service class CDU/CSU SPD N Private Public Private Public Private Public 1976 38.9 35.7
46.3 51.0 95 98 1983 45.5 27.6 43.2 51.7 88 58 1990 53.8 37.5 31.9 42.4 119 144 1994 …

Zusammenfassung Der Beitrag stellt ein Modell der Wahlkampfkommunikation vor, das es
erlaubt, Akteure, Strategien und Instrumente der Wahlkampfkommunikation systematisch zu …

Direct-democratic campaigns take place in an institutional and issue-specific context.
Political institutions define the rules of the game of the direct-democratic process, and as …

This article suggests that voters rely more strongly on “substantial” criteria, such as issues
and ideology, when elections are competitive. In such contexts, voters should attach more …

Against the background of a substantial rise of the number of late-deciding voters at recent
elections the paper simultaneously tests four complementary hypotheses on the background …

Using individual data on Swiss federal ballots (VOX data) and an original dataset on the
evolution and content of political campaigns, this article elucidates how negative …

The literature dealing with undecided voters–a growing group of citizens in many
democracies that can determine who wins in election campaigns–suggests two very …

The study of campaigning activities has long been neglected in political science (Farrell
1996; Schmitt-Beck/Farrell 2002). The disregard of campaigning can be explained by the …

The rising number of referendums on EU matters, such as the Brexit and the Catalonian
independence votes, highlight the increasing importance of referendums as a problem …