Bartle, John and Laycock, Samantha (2012) Telling more than they can know? Does the most important issue really reveal what is most important to voters? Electoral Studies, 31 (4). pp. 679-688. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2012.07.005
Bartle, John and Laycock, Samantha (2012) Telling more than they can know? Does the most important issue really reveal what is most important to voters? Electoral Studies, 31 (4). pp. 679-688. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2012.07.005
Bartle, John and Laycock, Samantha (2012) Telling more than they can know? Does the most important issue really reveal what is most important to voters? Electoral Studies, 31 (4). pp. 679-688. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2012.07.005
Abstract
Recent British Election Studies have asked respondents to nominate 'the most important issue'. Responses to this question have been used to explain individual vote decisions and characterise the issue-component of those elections. This paper, however, finds limited evidence that individuals place more weight on those issues that they report as 'most important' when they vote. It also finds that aggregate responses to the MII question broadly match the estimated 'average' impact of those issues on voters. This suggests that even if voters have a limited understanding of what issues matter to themselves they have some understanding of what makes their fellow voters tick. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | British Election Study; Issue-voting; Issue importance; Self-reports; Most important issue |
Subjects: | J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Government, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 26 Apr 2013 11:43 |
Last Modified: | 04 Dec 2024 06:06 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/6031 |