If You Don't Know Me by Now: Explaining Local Candidate Recognition
Abstract: For the personal vote to be cast in a meaningful way it is a minimal condition that voters recognise candidates. However, from earlier studies we know that there is huge variation in the number of candidates recognised. Little to nothing is known about candidate recognition and its determinants. This study explores the sources of candidate recognition from three different angles: candidates; citizens; and context. Furthermore, it enables the distinction of campaign-related from other factors. A unique multi-level within-subject design was set up for the analyses of the 2013 German Federal Election to ensure a meaningful validation of our theoretical framework. Our results suggest that, indeed, many factors lead to recognition but as well that earlier studies overestimated the effects of political interest or incumbency status. Moreover, we show that a good campaign makes a difference for recognition – as does the context in which it takes place
- Location
-
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
- Extent
-
Online-Ressource
- Language
-
Englisch
- Notes
-
Postprint
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: German Politics ; 26 (2017) 1 ; 149-169
- Classification
-
Politik
- Event
-
Veröffentlichung
- (where)
-
Mannheim
- (who)
-
SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
- (when)
-
2017
- Creator
-
Giebler, Heiko
Weßels, Bernhard
- DOI
-
10.1080/09644008.2016.1182502
- URN
-
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023052314464160801446
- Rights
-
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
- Last update
-
14.08.2025, 11:03 AM CEST
Data provider
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. If you have any questions about the object, please contact the data provider.
Associated
- Giebler, Heiko
- Weßels, Bernhard
- SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
Time of origin
- 2017
Other Objects (12)
If You Don't Know Me by Now: Explaining Local Candidate Recognition
Now I know my ABCs
Liposuction: What We Know Now
Now that you know: what every parent should know about homosexuality
Editorial: Myocardial fibrosis: What we know now
We now know what fly photoreceptors compute
Explaining economic performance during transition: what do we know?
Explaining Secessionism: What Do We Really Know About It?
ASP.Net 5 on Docker: Now with Release Candidate 1
I don't know if there is time
Autonomous Feminist Womy´s Gathering Who if not we? When if not now?
Finding cancer in mammograms: if you know it’s there, do you know where?
If You Don't Know Me by Now: Explaining Local Candidate Recognition
Now I know my ABCs
Liposuction: What We Know Now
Now that you know: what every parent should know about homosexuality
Editorial: Myocardial fibrosis: What we know now
We now know what fly photoreceptors compute
Explaining economic performance during transition: what do we know?
Explaining Secessionism: What Do We Really Know About It?
ASP.Net 5 on Docker: Now with Release Candidate 1
I don't know if there is time
Autonomous Feminist Womy´s Gathering Who if not we? When if not now?
Finding cancer in mammograms: if you know it’s there, do you know where?
If You Don't Know Me by Now: Explaining Local Candidate Recognition
Now I know my ABCs
Liposuction: What We Know Now
Now that you know: what every parent should know about homosexuality
Editorial: Myocardial fibrosis: What we know now
We now know what fly photoreceptors compute
Explaining economic performance during transition: what do we know?
Explaining Secessionism: What Do We Really Know About It?
ASP.Net 5 on Docker: Now with Release Candidate 1
I don't know if there is time
Autonomous Feminist Womy´s Gathering Who if not we? When if not now?