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Decomposing the Vote: Individual, Communal, and Cantonal Sources of Voting Behavior in Switzerland
Author(s) -
Steenbergen Marco R.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
swiss political science review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.632
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1662-6370
pISSN - 1424-7755
DOI - 10.1002/j.1662-6370.2010.tb00435.x
Subject(s) - voting , voting behavior , political science , ranked voting system , key (lock) , econometrics , public administration , economics , law , politics , biology , ecology
This article considers individual, communal, and cantonal sources of voting behavior in the 2007 National Council elections in Switzerland. Using hierarchical linear models, it is shown how the vote propensity for the five main parties (CVP, FDP, Greens, SP, and SVP) varies across individuals, communes, and cantons. Key explanatory factors at each of these levels are explored, as well as cross‐party differences in the effects of these factors.