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A Unified Theory of Party Competition: A Cross-National Analysis Integrating Spatial and Behavioral Factors Book

This book explains how parties and candidates locate themselves on the Left-Right ideological dimension and other issue dimensions. It offers a unified theoretical approach to voter behavior and party strategies that takes into account voter preferences, voter's partisan attachments, expected turnout, and the location of the political status quo. This approach is tested using extensive cross-national analyses. Elections studied include the plurality-based two-party contests in the U.S. and multiple-party competition in France, Britain, and Norway using a variety of election rules. Broad support is found for this general model.Read More

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    The authors explain how parties and candidates position themselves on the Left-Right ideological dimension and other issue dimensions. Their unified theoretical approach to voter behavior and party strategies takes into account voter preferences, voter's partisan attachments, expected turnout, and the location of the political status quo. The approach, tested through extensive cross-national analysis, includes studies of the plurality-based two-party contests in the U.S. and multiple-party competition in France, Britain, and Norway.

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