Links oder rechts? Die ideologische Selbstverortung von Wähler: innen und ihre Wahrnehmung von Parteien in Deutschland

July 1, 2022·
Alina S. Dippel
Lukas Hetzer
Lukas Hetzer
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Axel Burger
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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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Lukas Hetzer
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Doctoral Researcher

I am a doctoral researcher in Political Science at the University of Cologne, where I work on political behavior, political communication, and public opinion in Europe.

My research focuses on how citizens and political actors respond to crises and to political and technological change. A recurring emphasis of my work is on democratic politics under pressure, with particular interests in crisis governance, political representation, digital policy, and the communication of political conflict.

Methodologically, I work at the intersection of political science and computational social science. I use large-scale text data, quantitative computational methods, advanced survey designs and (quasi-)experiments to study political discourse, public opinion, and political behavior.

I hold a M.Sc. degree in Social Sciences Research from the University of Amsterdam and a B.Sc. degree in Social Sciences from Humboldt University Berlin. Before joining the University of Cologne, I worked at GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences on election research and data-based knowledge transfer, and held research assistant positions at the University of Amsterdam, Ghent University, and Humboldt University Berlin. I also teach courses on quantitative methods, EU digital policy, and crisis politics.

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