Challenger parties are on the rise in Europe, exemplified by the likes of Podemos in Spain,
the National Rally in France, the Alternative for Germany, or the Brexit Party in Great Britain …

Questions exist over the extent to which social media content may bypass, follow, or attract
the attention of traditional media. This study sheds light on such dynamics by examining …

According to the issue ownership theory of voting, voters identify the most credible party
proponent of a particular issue and cast their ballots for that issue owner. Despite the …

Party system issue agendas are formed by the topics that individual parties decide to
address, and these salience decisions are likely to be strategic. Two key strategies are …

Inspired by the agenda‐setting literature, this article outlines a model of issue competition
focusing on the interaction between government and opposition parties through the party …

Using decades of public opinion data from the US, UK, Australia, Germany and Canada, and
distinguishing between three concepts-issue ownership, performance and generalised …

Issue ownership is commonly conceptualized as multidimensional, consisting of a
“competence” dimension and an “associative” dimension. Because existing …

This study addresses the dynamics of the issue space in multiparty systems by examining to
what extent, and under what conditions, parties respond to the issue ownership of other …

Very little is known in broad comparative terms about the nature and content of election
campaigns. In this article, we present the first systematic and comparative assessment of the …

This study examines the extent to which opposition parties engage in wedge-issue
competition. The literature on wedge-issue competition has exclusively focused on the two …