Voting at National versus European Elections: An Individual Level Test of the Second Order Paradigm for the 2014 European Parliament Elections

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

The second-order paradigm is the dominant framework for research on electoral behavior in European Parliament (EP) elections. In this study, we assess to what degree voting patterns in the 2014 EP election were characterized by secondorderness. While most studies of second-order voting behavior rely on macro-level accounts or suffer from potentially conflated vote measures, this study relies on panel data from the 2013 national and the 2014 EP election in Austria. We study change patterns in electoral behavior and, more importantly, assess the motives behind differences in vote choices between first- and second-order elections. Overall, the findings point towards a persisting relevance of the second-order framework for explaining voting in the 2014 EP election. (auhtor's abstract)

Object Details

• ISSN: 2183-2463
• Extent: Seite(n): 130-144
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Politics and Governance, 4(1)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Politikwissenschaft ; politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur ; Europapolitik ; EU ; Europawahl ; Europaparlament ; Parlamentswahl ; Europapolitik ; politische Agenda ; nationale Politik ; Österreich ; Partei ; Präferenz ; politische Einstellung ; politische Willensbildung ; Politisierung ; Mobilisierung ; Wahlverhalten

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Boomgaarden, Hajo G. ; Johann, David ; Kritzinger, Sylvia
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (when): 2016

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v4i1.472
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST