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Distance, dissatisfaction or a deficit in attention : why do citizens vote for new parties?

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Why do voters vote for new political parties? This article tests the microfoundations of why voters support new parties. We examine three perspectives: that citizens vote for new parties because the established parties stand distant from the citizens' left-right position; that they vote for new parties because the existing parties ignore the issues that the citizens prioritize; or that they vote for new parties because the citizens are cynical about established parties in general. Based on an analysis of more than three decades of Dutch Parliamentary Election Surveys, we conclude that all three factors matter but that ideological distance is by far the strongest predictor.
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Sociology and Political Science

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Otjes, Simon, and Marc-Paul Van de Wardt. “Distance, Dissatisfaction or a Deficit in Attention : Why Do Citizens Vote for New Parties?” JOURNAL OF ELECTIONS PUBLIC OPINION AND PARTIES, vol. 33, no. 4, 2023, pp. 559–80, doi:10.1080/17457289.2020.1849227.
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Otjes, S., & Van de Wardt, M.-P. (2023). Distance, dissatisfaction or a deficit in attention : why do citizens vote for new parties? JOURNAL OF ELECTIONS PUBLIC OPINION AND PARTIES, 33(4), 559–580. https://doi.org/10.1080/17457289.2020.1849227
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Otjes, Simon, and Marc-Paul Van de Wardt. 2023. “Distance, Dissatisfaction or a Deficit in Attention : Why Do Citizens Vote for New Parties?” JOURNAL OF ELECTIONS PUBLIC OPINION AND PARTIES 33 (4): 559–80. https://doi.org/10.1080/17457289.2020.1849227.
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Otjes, Simon, and Marc-Paul Van de Wardt. 2023. “Distance, Dissatisfaction or a Deficit in Attention : Why Do Citizens Vote for New Parties?” JOURNAL OF ELECTIONS PUBLIC OPINION AND PARTIES 33 (4): 559–580. doi:10.1080/17457289.2020.1849227.
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Otjes S, Van de Wardt M-P. Distance, dissatisfaction or a deficit in attention : why do citizens vote for new parties? JOURNAL OF ELECTIONS PUBLIC OPINION AND PARTIES. 2023;33(4):559–80.
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S. Otjes and M.-P. Van de Wardt, “Distance, dissatisfaction or a deficit in attention : why do citizens vote for new parties?,” JOURNAL OF ELECTIONS PUBLIC OPINION AND PARTIES, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 559–580, 2023.
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  abstract     = {{Why do voters vote for new political parties? This article tests the microfoundations of why voters support new parties. We examine three perspectives: that citizens vote for new parties because the established parties stand distant from the citizens' left-right position; that they vote for new parties because the existing parties ignore the issues that the citizens prioritize; or that they vote for new parties because the citizens are cynical about established parties in general. Based on an analysis of more than three decades of Dutch Parliamentary Election Surveys, we conclude that all three factors matter but that ideological distance is by far the strongest predictor.}},
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  journal      = {{JOURNAL OF ELECTIONS PUBLIC OPINION AND PARTIES}},
  keywords     = {{Sociology and Political Science}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{4}},
  pages        = {{559--580}},
  title        = {{Distance, dissatisfaction or a deficit in attention : why do citizens vote for new parties?}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1080/17457289.2020.1849227}},
  volume       = {{33}},
  year         = {{2023}},
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