Essays about: "electorate"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 35 essays containing the word electorate.
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16. The votes are burning : A natural experiment on the effect of the Swedish wildfires on the 2018 national election to the Swedish parliament
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis examines the Swedish wildfires 2018 and their effect on the voting patterns in the national election the same year. With a departure point from the field of voting behaviour and electoral studies, it follows the theory of retrospective voting. READ MORE
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17. Political branding through Facebook : - A study of party branding during the Swedish general elections 2018
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : There have not been many studies of political branding of parties on Facebook yet. The case of political branding on Facebook in the Swedish general elections of 2018 were studied in this thesis, and all eight parties in parliament were included. READ MORE
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18. Falling from Grace: Corruption, Revolution and the 2016 Macedonian Elections
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : To what extent are social movements capable of steering voters’ choices in corruptsocieties? Through the exploration of North Macedonia’s 2016 Colourful Revolution street protests, this study introduces an original dataset of 1,066 survey responses from members of the Macedonian electorate and engages in a 65-week-long cumulative tracking of corruption-related news stories in an attempt to shed light upon the effects of anti-corruption movements (ACMs) on the electoral punishment of corrupt incumbents. Building upon the framework of sociotropic corruption voting and highlighting the role of the media as an important awareness-raiser, this study finds strong proofs of corruption acting as a deterrent against the re-election of corrupt incumbents, helping to explain a governing party’s loss of support at the polls. READ MORE
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19. Convergent or Unresponsive? : The effect of austerity and mainstream party positioning on the electoral success of left-wing populist parties in Western Europe
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : While several populist parties with ties to the left side of the ideological scale have become more prominent in the electoral arenas across Western Europe, the literature on populism still has a disproportionate focus on the right. To enhance the existing research on explanatory factors to the electoral fortunes of left-wing populist parties, this study tests two competing theories using multivariate regression analysis. READ MORE
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20. A Precarious Solidarity : Between Christian Democratic and Social Democratic Understandings of Solidarity Concerning Reallocation of Refugees
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The challenge of immigration has divided EU member states, political parties, media and academia as well as the electorate of EU countries, leaving political decision makers under tremendous pressure on both national and EU level. To alleviate the situation for highly burdened member states, the Commission has suggested a permanent relocation mechanism for refugees, but so far, many member states have been reluctant to accept higher shares of refugees. READ MORE