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European Party Loyalties Revisited

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  • Richardson, Bradley M.

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The likelihood that party loyalties reflect the characteristics of parties and political competition within specific political environments was generally ignored in critiques of party identification abroad. In this article, I identify substantial frequencies of stable partisan ties among British, Dutch, and German voters in the 1960s through the 1980s. Stable party loyalists in turn usually vote for their preferred party in subsequent elections. Long-term partisan ties are most common among supporters of traditional cleavage parties. These long-term party loyalties reflect the effects of both long-standing hostilities toward opposing parties and well-developed party principles. Since partisan responses are internally consistent and subsume ideational as well as affective components, these feelings resemble social psychology's affect-laden schemata.

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  • Richardson, Bradley M., 1991. "European Party Loyalties Revisited," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 85(3), pages 751-775, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:85:y:1991:i:03:p:751-775_17
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    1. Alan S. Zuckerman & Martin Kroh, 2004. "The Social Logic of Bounded Partisanship in Germany: A Comparison of Veteran Citizens (West Germans), New Citizens (East Germans) and Immigrants," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 450, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    2. John Garry, 2014. "Emotions and voting in EU referendums," European Union Politics, , vol. 15(2), pages 235-254, June.
    3. M. D. R. Evans & Jonathan Kelley, 2004. "Assessing Age Pension Options: Public Opinion in Australia 1994 - 2001 with Comparisons to Finland and Poland," Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series wp2004n21, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.

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