dc.contributor.author | Mayne, Quinton | |
dc.contributor.author | Hakhverdian, Armen | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-12T21:26:44Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier | Quick submit: 2016-02-12T13:20:24-05:00 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Mayne, Quinton and Armen Hakhverdian. 2016. Ideological Congruence and Citizen Satisfaction: Evidence from 25 Advanced Democracies. Comparative Political Studies, 2016 (Forthcoming) | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0010-4140 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:25302405 | |
dc.description.abstract | Ideological congruence is an important and popular measure of the quality of political representation. The closer the match between the preferences of the public and those of elected elites, the better representative democracy is thought to function. Relatively little attention has been paid however to the effects of ideological congruence on political judgement. We address this gap by examining whether citizens use egocentric or sociotropic judgments of congruence to evaluate democratic performance. Using a variety of congruence measures, we find that citizens are unmoved by sociotropic congruence; however, our analyses provide clear evidence that egocentric congruence boosts citizen satisfaction, especially among political sophisticates. We conclude by discussing the implications of these findings for the study of ideological congruence and political representation. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dash.license | OAP | |
dc.subject | Elections | en_US |
dc.subject | Public Opinion | en_US |
dc.subject | Voting Behavior | en_US |
dc.subject | Representation and Electoral Systems | en_US |
dc.subject | Political Parties | en_US |
dc.subject | Ideological Congruence | en_US |
dc.subject | Political Satisfaction | en_US |
dc.title | Ideological Congruence and Citizen Satisfaction: Evidence from 25 Advanced Democracies | en_US |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_US |
dc.date.updated | 2016-02-12T18:20:26Z | |
dc.description.version | Accepted Manuscript | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | Quinton Mayne; Armen Hakhverdian | |
dc.relation.journal | Comparative Political Studies | en_US |
dash.depositing.author | Mayne, Quinton | |
dc.date.available | 2016-02-12T21:26:44Z | |
dash.contributor.affiliated | Mayne, Quinton | |