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Original language | German |
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Pages (from-to) | 267-287 |
Journal | Zeitschrift für Parteienwissenschaften |
Volume | 30 |
Issue number | 3 |
Publication status | Published - 21 Oct 2024 |
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In: Zeitschrift für Parteienwissenschaften, Vol. 30, No. 3, 21.10.2024, p. 267-287.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - De- and Re-Chancellorisation of Voting Behaviour in German Bundestag Elections
AU - Springer, Frederik
AU - Kühling, Christoph
AU - Klein, Markus
AU - Rosar, Ulrich
PY - 2024/10/21
Y1 - 2024/10/21
N2 - The personalisation of voting behaviour is a much debated research topic. For Germany, personalisation has usually been studied with respect to the chancellor candidates. Therefore, these studies examine what we call “chancellorisation” of voting behaviour (and not personalisation in a broader sense). The empirical evidence is rather mixed: Most of the studies do not find an increasing effect of chancellor candidates. In this paper, we argue in favour of a “de-chancellorisation” taking place. In recent decades, voter support for the SPD and the CDU/CSU has declined markedly, yet these were the only parties nominating chancellor candidates until 2021. For the electorate as a whole, chancellor candidates should become ever less important for the voting decisions. This trend should be halted with the nomination of a chancellor candidate by the Greens in 2021. Our empirical analysis, based on the German Forsa-Bus from 1991 to 2021, confirms these expectations.
AB - The personalisation of voting behaviour is a much debated research topic. For Germany, personalisation has usually been studied with respect to the chancellor candidates. Therefore, these studies examine what we call “chancellorisation” of voting behaviour (and not personalisation in a broader sense). The empirical evidence is rather mixed: Most of the studies do not find an increasing effect of chancellor candidates. In this paper, we argue in favour of a “de-chancellorisation” taking place. In recent decades, voter support for the SPD and the CDU/CSU has declined markedly, yet these were the only parties nominating chancellor candidates until 2021. For the electorate as a whole, chancellor candidates should become ever less important for the voting decisions. This trend should be halted with the nomination of a chancellor candidate by the Greens in 2021. Our empirical analysis, based on the German Forsa-Bus from 1991 to 2021, confirms these expectations.
U2 - 10.24338/MIP-2024267-287
DO - 10.24338/MIP-2024267-287
M3 - Artikel
VL - 30
SP - 267
EP - 287
JO - Zeitschrift für Parteienwissenschaften
JF - Zeitschrift für Parteienwissenschaften
IS - 3
ER -