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Party strategies and the use of televised campaign debates
Author(s) -
LEDUC LAWRENCE
Publication year - 1990
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.1475-6765.1990.tb00224.x
Subject(s) - element (criminal law) , voting , political science , political economy , positive economics , public relations , economics , politics , law
. This paper examines the evolution of debates as a significant element of the strategy of election campaigns in a number of countries. Analyzing survey data from two Canadian cases (the elections of 1979 and 1984), it is found that the effects of debates on individual voting behaviour are primarily reinforcing, but that debates have nevertheless grown considerably in importance in strategic decision making by parties and candidates.