Links oder rechts? Die ideologische Selbstverortung von Wähler: innen und ihre Wahrnehmung von Parteien in Deutschland
July 1, 2022·
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Alina S. Dippel
Lukas Hetzer
Axel Burger
Abstract
The terms left and right are widely used to describe the political orientation of individuals or parties. They are also employed in social science surveys to determine where people place themselves and where they place political parties in the political spectrum. Based on data from the last twelve years of the Ger- man Longitudinal Election Study (GLES), we show how political parties in Germany are perceived in terms of their left-right positioning, how their ideo- logical positioning has changed over the years, where voters of these parties position themselves, and how this positioning is related to perceived issue-specific positioning.
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easy_social_sciences 67, 19-29
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Lukas Hetzer
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Doctoral Researcher
I am a doctoral researcher in Political Science at the University of Cologne.
My research lies at the intersection of European politics, comparative politics, and political communication. One recurring focus of my research concerns how political actors and citizens respond to crises and institutional constraints in multilevel political systems, with a particular focus on Europe.
Substantively, my work examines crisis governance, political communication, and public attitudes toward democratic institutions. Methodologically, I combine theory-driven research with survey experiments, large-scale text data, and computational approaches to the study of political behavior and political discourse.
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