Persuasion Effects in Electoral Campaigns – A Comparative Analysis of Household Panel Data

This study looks at the campaign effects of national elections, using household panel surveys from Germany, Great Britain and Switzerland. As household panels collect the party preferences of the same individuals on an annual basis, we are able to study individual dynamics over the electoral cycle. This makes it easier to distinguish between activation and persuasion effects than studying electoral panels conducted during campaigns. Using random effects models, we find strong evidence for the activation and persuasion effects of campaigns. Furthermore, we find that citizens with a high level of political awareness are least likely to be (de) activated and persuaded, but that, only in Great Britain, political awareness interacts significantly with the electoral cycle.

Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Persuasion Effects in Electoral Campaigns – A Comparative Analysis of Household Panel Data ; volume:131 ; number:2 ; year:2011 ; pages:409-418
Schmollers Jahrbuch ; 131, Heft 2 (2011), 409-418

Creator
Kuhn, Ursina

DOI
10.3790/schm.131.2.409
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023013010135559245069
Rights
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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