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THE CHANGING PARTY SPACE IN DANISH VOTER PERCEPTIONS, 1971–1973
Author(s) -
RUSK JERROLD G.,
BORRE OLE
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
european journal of political research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.267
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1475-6765
pISSN - 0304-4130
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-6765.1974.tb01239.x
Subject(s) - danish , cleavage (geology) , voting , politics , perception , multidimensional scaling , political science , political economy , space (punctuation) , sociology , psychology , computer science , law , mathematics , statistics , engineering , philosophy , linguistics , geotechnical engineering , neuroscience , fracture (geology) , operating system
The purpose of this study is to analyze the changing cleavage lines in Danish politics as reflected in people's perceptions of and votes for the various political parties in the system. The focus is on “change” between the 1971 and 1973 elections and what cause this change. Multidimensional scaling techniques help to uncover the differing cleavage lines in Danish politics in the 1971 and 1973 elections and to give us some understanding of the voting patterns underlying them. Direct analysis of correlates of the vote further specifies the causal factors involved in 1971 and 1973 in forming these different cleavage structures. Implications of these findings for the future of the Danish political system are then discussed.