It has been argued that strong national parties, with somewhat deep roots in the society, are necessary for electoral accountability. In such settings, citizens with varying combinations of societal characteristics would be better able to identify which party represents their cleavage-generated interests and vote for them, or vote them out of office if they fail their mandate. However, cleavage-based partisans are much more likely to develop a strong, affective attachment to their party. Because of that, they would also be more inclined to vote for the same party election after election. For electoral accountability to occur, a considerable segment of the electorate must be composed of independents and moderate partisans, without any strong, affective attachment to a party.This research found that the mechanisms through which electoral accountability came about were mainly independents voting for different parties in subsequent elections and moderate partisans abstaining from voting for their party. Thus, voting abstention may not necessarily be an undesirable voting behavior, nor should independents be overlooked, since they might actually decide the winners of elections.
The Dynamics of Electoral Accountability in Two-Party Systems
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It has been argued that strong national parties, with somewhat deep roots in the society, are necessary for electoral accountability. In such settings, citizens with varying combinations of societal characteristics would be better able to identify which party represents their cleavage-generated interests and vote for them, or vote them out of office if they fail their mandate. However, cleavage-based partisans are much more likely to develop a strong, affective attachment to their party. Because of that, they would also be more inclined to vote for the same party election after election. For electoral accountability to occur, a considerable segment of the electorate must be composed of independents and moderate partisans, without any strong, affective attachment to a party.This research found that the mechanisms through which electoral accountability came about were mainly independents voting for different parties in subsequent elections and moderate partisans abstaining from voting for their party. Thus, voting abstention may not necessarily be an undesirable voting behavior, nor should independents be overlooked, since they might actually decide the winners of elections.
The most definitive treatment of electoral systems, this book describes and classifies the 70 different systems used by 27 democracies in 384 elections since 1945.
Party affiliation has long been the driving force behind electoral politics in the United States. Despite this fact, scant attention has been devoted to the American electorate's party images-the...
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