Individual and contextual variation in EU issue voting: The role of political information

Increasing politicization in EU member states about European issues can be expected to strengthen the impact of attitudes towards Europe on vote choice in European Parliament (EP) elections. At the same time this impact is likely to vary between voters and contexts as a function of political informa...

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Autores: van der Brug, Wouter, van Egmond, Marcel, van der Eijk, Cees, de Vries, Catherine
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:IE
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2010.09.022
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0261379410001125
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Palabra clave:59 Ciencia Política
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spelling Individual and contextual variation in EU issue voting: The role of political informationvan der Brug, Woutervan Egmond, Marcelvan der Eijk, Ceesde Vries, Catherine59 Ciencia PolíticaODS 10 - Reducción de las desigualdadesODS 16 - Paz, justicia e instituciones sólidasIncreasing politicization in EU member states about European issues can be expected to strengthen the impact of attitudes towards Europe on vote choice in European Parliament (EP) elections. At the same time this impact is likely to vary between voters and contexts as a function of political information. This study explores the role of political information in explaining individual and contextual heterogeneity in the degree of EU issue voting. Using a two-step hierarchical estimation procedure to explore both individual and contextual variation, we show that while EU issue voting in the 2009 EP elections is only slightly more pronounced among the politically sophisticated, it is clearly more extensive in contexts that provide higher levels of political information on European matters.YesPublishedElsevierhttps://ror.org/02jjdwm7520262011info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2010.09.022https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14417/4062https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0261379410001125reponame:Repositorio IEinstname:IEInglésIE School of Politics, Economics & Global AffairsIE UniversityAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.ie.edu:20.500.14417/40622026-06-15T12:40:57Z
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title Individual and contextual variation in EU issue voting: The role of political information
spellingShingle Individual and contextual variation in EU issue voting: The role of political information
van der Brug, Wouter
59 Ciencia Política
ODS 10 - Reducción de las desigualdades
ODS 16 - Paz, justicia e instituciones sólidas
title_short Individual and contextual variation in EU issue voting: The role of political information
title_full Individual and contextual variation in EU issue voting: The role of political information
title_fullStr Individual and contextual variation in EU issue voting: The role of political information
title_full_unstemmed Individual and contextual variation in EU issue voting: The role of political information
title_sort Individual and contextual variation in EU issue voting: The role of political information
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de Vries, Catherine
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ODS 10 - Reducción de las desigualdades
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topic 59 Ciencia Política
ODS 10 - Reducción de las desigualdades
ODS 16 - Paz, justicia e instituciones sólidas
description Increasing politicization in EU member states about European issues can be expected to strengthen the impact of attitudes towards Europe on vote choice in European Parliament (EP) elections. At the same time this impact is likely to vary between voters and contexts as a function of political information. This study explores the role of political information in explaining individual and contextual heterogeneity in the degree of EU issue voting. Using a two-step hierarchical estimation procedure to explore both individual and contextual variation, we show that while EU issue voting in the 2009 EP elections is only slightly more pronounced among the politically sophisticated, it is clearly more extensive in contexts that provide higher levels of political information on European matters.
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