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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462860203321

Autore

Aarts Kees

Titolo

Political Leaders and Democratic Elections [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : OUP Oxford, 2011

ISBN

1-299-18394-8

0-19-161234-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Collana

Comparative Politics

Altri autori (Persone)

BlaisAndreĢ

SchmittHermann

Disciplina

320.019

324

Soggetti

Elections

Personality and politics

Political leadership

Political Science

Law, Politics & Government

Political Theory of the State

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; 1. Political Leaders and Democratic Elections; 2. Changing Patterns in Political Communication; 3. Party Leader Effects on the Vote; 4. Political Leaders in Westminster Systems; 5. US Party Leaders: Exploring the Meaning of Candidate-Centred Politics; 6. Elections as Beauty Contests: Do the Rules Matter?; 7. Leader Effects and Party Characteristics; 8. Leader Effects and the Impact of Leader Characteristics in Nine Countries; 9. Voter Characteristics and Leader Effects

10. Pull or Push? The Relative Impact of Positive and Negative Leader Evaluations on Vote Choice11. Leader Traits, Leader Image, and Vote Choice; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Outcomes of legislative elections are typically reported in terms of party support: how many votes and seats were obtained by each party?



But in fact voters are faced with three choices which must be folded into one. They must decide which party they prefer, but in so doing they must take account of the policies advocated by these parties and the leaders who will eventually have to enact them.This simple fact raises question about the relative weight of these considerations, and espeically the importance granted to the leaders. This issue has been largely neglected in the vast literature on vo