Journal article
Multi-dimensional economic voting in Spain: The 2008 election
Electoral studies, Vol.32(3), pp.465-469
09/2013
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2013.05.027
Abstract
Economic voting studies remain contentious in Spain. The notion is widely-held that there is no economic vote in that country, due to the pervasive and effacing influences of left-right ideology. Still, a growing number of investigations show a significant impact of economic evaluation on the vote choice in Spanish national elections. At least one possible exception here is the 2008 election, where the question has received no systematic treatment. In this study, we explore the impact of economic voting in that contest. We find, first, the presence of strong economic voting of the valence kind. Second, we find that two hitherto unstudied dimensions of economic voting – position and patrimony – have their own independent effect.
•Economic issues played a significant role in 2008 Spanish election.•The economy is important to Spanish voters in three ways: valence, position and patrimony.•The three dimensions in the Spanish economic vote are relevant despite the importance of ideology.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Multi-dimensional economic voting in Spain: The 2008 election
- Creators
- Marta Fraile - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Institute of Public Goods and Policies (IPP), C/Albasanz 26-28-3D8, 28037 Madrid, SpainMichael S Lewis-Beck - Department of Political Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Electoral studies, Vol.32(3), pp.465-469
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.electstud.2013.05.027
- ISSN
- 0261-3794
- eISSN
- 1873-6890
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/2013
- Academic Unit
- Political Science
- Record Identifier
- 9984025543102771
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