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Platform stickiness in a spatial voting model

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Luca Lambertini () (Department of Economics, University of Bologna)

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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.

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Volume (Year): 4 (2007)
Issue (Month): 40 ()
Pages: 1-11
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Keywords: elections; political platforms; politics;

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