Stuck in the middle: Ideology, valence and the electoral failures of centrist parties

Volume: 51, Issue: 2, Pages: 706 - 723
Published: Sep 25, 2019
Abstract
In recent years centrist-liberal parties, such as the German Free Democratic Party (FDP) in 2013 and the British Liberal Democrats in 2015 and 2017, suffered enormous electoral defeats. These defeats highlight a prominent puzzle in the study of party competition and voting behavior; the empty center phenomenon. That is, empirical evidence suggests that most parties do not converge to the median voter's position, despite the centripetal force of...
Paper Details
Title
Stuck in the middle: Ideology, valence and the electoral failures of centrist parties
Published Date
Sep 25, 2019
Volume
51
Issue
2
Pages
706 - 723
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