The Changing German Voter

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Abstract: This concluding chapter discusses changing German voters' behavior in the context of changing parties, campaigns, and media during the period of its hitherto most dramatically increased fluidity at the 2009, 2013, and 2017 federal elections. It summarizes the book’s findings on three questions: How did the turbulences that increasingly characterize German electoral politics come about? How did they in turn condition voters' decision-making? How were electoral attitudes and choices affected by situational factors that pertained to the specifics of particular elections? Discussing the consequences of these developments the chapter finds that the ideological and affective polarization of the party system has increased, leading to a dualistic structure that pits the right-wing populist AfD against all other parties. It also shows how the formation of governments under the German parliamentary system of governance gets increasingly difficult. The chapter closes with speculations about t

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• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource, 313-336 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (Hg.), Roßteutscher, Sigrid (Hg.), Schoen, Harald (Hg.), Weßels, Bernhard (Hg.), Wolf, Christof (Hg.): The Changing German Voter. 2022. S. 313-336. ISBN 978-0-19-884751-9

Classification and Topics

• Keyword: Deutschland. Deutscher Bundestag ; Geschichte 2009-2017 ; Bundestagswahl ; Wahlverhalten

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (who): SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
• (when): 2022
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Oxford
• (who): Oxford University Press
• (when): 2022
• Creator: Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger ; Roßteutscher, Sigrid ; Schoen, Harald ; Weßels, Bernhard ; Wolf, Christof

Further information

• DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198847519.003.0015
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2406280652207.191299318288
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.