Partisanship, blame avoidance behaviours and voter reactions to allegations of political misconduct

Schönhage, Nanna Lauritz; Geys, Benny

Partisanship, blame avoidance behaviours and voter reactions to allegations of political misconduct

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2024

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Open Access Hybrid

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Exzellenzcluster "Die politische Dimension von Ungleichheit"

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Electoral Studies. Elsevier. 2024, 87, 102742. ISSN 0261-3794. eISSN 1873-6890. Available under: doi: 10.1016/j.electstud.2023.102742

Zusammenfassung

Politicians often engage in blame avoidance behaviours in order to evade electoral punishment following allegations of misconduct. A key question concerns the (in)effectiveness of such behaviours in mitigating voter opinions about the alleged misconduct and the appropriate punishment. In this article, we examine how this (in)effectiveness may be shaped by: (1) the characteristics of blame avoidance behaviours, and (2) voters' partisan (mis)alignment with the alleged offender. We address this question using a between-subject survey experiment among a sample of Norwegian citizens (N = 1996). Our main findings suggest that blame avoidance behaviours can be effective in mitigating voters' assessment of the alleged misconduct and of the punishment the politician should face. This is particularly true when it concerns politicians from respondents' most-preferred party, and among left-wing voters. These findings help explain when and why scandals may (fail to) affect politicians’ electoral fortunes.

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320 Politik

Schlagwörter

Accounts, Blame avoidance, Partisanship, Survey experiment

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ISO 690

SCHÖNHAGE, Nanna Lauritz, Benny GEYS, 2024. Partisanship, blame avoidance behaviours and voter reactions to allegations of political misconduct. In: Electoral Studies. Elsevier. 2024, 87, 102742. ISSN 0261-3794. eISSN 1873-6890. Available under: doi: 10.1016/j.electstud.2023.102742

BibTex

@article{Schonhage2024Parti-69352,
  year={2024},
  doi={10.1016/j.electstud.2023.102742},
  title={Partisanship, blame avoidance behaviours and voter reactions to allegations of political misconduct},
  volume={87},
  issn={0261-3794},
  journal={Electoral Studies},
  author={Schönhage, Nanna Lauritz and Geys, Benny},
  note={Article Number: 102742}
}

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