Platform Stickiness in a Spatial Voting Model

Davide Dragone and M. Viviani

Working Papers from Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna

Abstract: The spatial voting approach is extended to account for the existence of a loyalty effect driving the choice of parties platforms during elections. There emerges a non-linear relationship between these variable, whereby a party sticking to its historical heritage may lose to a rival more keen to approach the position of the median voter, whose pivotal role is also investigated.

Date: 2007-05
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