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Terrorism And Right‐Party Vote Shares In Legislative Elections

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  • Lance Y. Hunter
  • Joseph W. Robbins
  • Martha H. Ginn

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This study examines the electoral consequences for ideologically right‐leaning political parties in the wake of terrorist attacks by employing an original dataset that captures political party vote shares and multiple terrorist indicators. Our analysis extends the partisan voting hypothesis to 56 democracies from multiple regions and levels of development between 1975–2014. Specifically, we find that the origins of terrorist perpetrators, the severity of terrorist attacks, and the frequency of terrorist incidents decrease right‐party vote shares in legislative contests when incorporating standard controls. All told, these findings reinforce political psychological reasoning that contends terrorist attacks impact citizens’ emotions and voting calculations. Este estudio examina las consecuencias electorales para los partidos políticos de derecha seguidos por los ataques terroristas mediante el empleo de un conjunto de datos original que capta las cuotas de votos de los partidos políticos y múltiples indicadores de terrorismo. Nuestro análisis extiende la hipótesis del voto partidista a 56 democracias de múltiples regiones y niveles de desarrollo entre 1975–2014. Específicamente, encontramos que los orígenes de los perpetradores de terrorismo, la gravedad de los ataques terroristas, y la frecuencia de los incidentes terroristas disminuyen las proporciones del voto de los partidos de derecha en las contiendas legislativas cuando se incorporan estándares de control. En total, estos hallazgos refuerzan el razonamiento psicológico político que sostiene que los ataques terroristas impactan las emociones de los ciudadanos y sus cálculos de votación. 本研究通過使用一個原始數據集來獲取政黨投票份額和多個恐怖主義指標,研究了恐怖襲擊後意識形態右翼政黨的選舉後果。我們的分析將黨派投票假設擴展到 1975 年至 2014 年間來自多個地區和發展水平的 56 個民主國家。具體而言,我們發現在納入標準控制時,恐怖分子肇事者的起源、恐怖襲擊的嚴重程度和恐怖事件的頻率會降低立法競賽中右翼政黨的選票份額。總而言之,這些發現強化了政治心理推理,即認為恐怖襲擊會影響公民的情緒和投票計算。

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  • Lance Y. Hunter & Joseph W. Robbins & Martha H. Ginn, 2021. "Terrorism And Right‐Party Vote Shares In Legislative Elections," World Affairs, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 184(4), pages 441-471, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:woraff:v:184:y:2021:i:4:p:441-471
    DOI: 10.1177/00438200211050905
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