Issue importance and performance voting

被引:102
作者
Fournier, P
Blais, A
Nadeau, R
Gidengil, E
Nevitte, N
机构
[1] Univ Montreal, Dept Polit Sci, Montreal, PQ H3C 3J7, Canada
[2] Univ Montreal, Montreal, PQ H3C 3J7, Canada
[3] McGill Univ, Montreal, PQ H3A 2T5, Canada
[4] Univ Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
关键词
issue importance; government performance; vote choice; heterogeneity;
D O I
10.1023/A:1022952311518
中图分类号
D0 [政治学、政治理论];
学科分类号
0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要
Issue importance mediates the impact of public policy issues on electoral decisions. Individuals who consider that an issue is important are more likely to rely on their attitudes toward that issue when evaluating candidates and deciding for whom to vote. The logic behind the link between issue importance and issue voting should translate to a link between issue importance and performance voting. Incumbent performance evaluations regarding an issue should have a stronger impact on the vote choice of individuals who find that issue important. The analysis demonstrates that there is a significant interaction between performance evaluations and issue importance. People concerned about an issue assign more weight to their evaluations of the government's performance on that issue when making up their mind.
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页码:51 / 67
页数:17
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