Therefore, they cannot really situate where the different parties stand. Has the partisan identification weakened? 0000004336 00000 n There are other theories that highlight the impact of economic conditions and how voters compare different election results in their electoral choices, which refers to economic voting in the strict sense of the term. The government is blamed for the poor state of the economy. Ideal point models assume that lawmakers and bills are represented as points in a latent space. According to Merril and Grofman, one cannot determine whether one pure model is superior to another because there are methodological and data limitations. That discounting depends on where the policy is right now in relation to what the party is promising, and that is the directional element. . So there is an overestimation in this model with respect to capacity. The psychological and socio-economic model are strongly opposed, offering two explanations that are difficult to reconcile, even though there have been efforts to try to combine them. While Downs said that there are parties that take positions on issues, the voter has difficulty with this inferring a position on a left-right axis. How to assess the position of different parties and candidates. (1949). One must assess the value of one's own participation and also assess the number of other citizens who will vote. It is also possible to add that the weight of partisan identification varies from one voter to another. In their view, ideology is a means of predicting political positions on a significant number of issues and also a basis for credible and consistent engagement by the party or candidate that follows it. changes in voting behaviour from one election to the next. With regard to the limits, methodological individualism has often been evoked, saying that it is an exclusively micro-sociological perspective that neglects the effect of social structure. %PDF-1.3 % endstream endobj 44 0 obj <> endobj 45 0 obj <> endobj 46 0 obj <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>> endobj 47 0 obj <> endobj 48 0 obj <> endobj 49 0 obj <> endobj 50 0 obj <> endobj 51 0 obj <>stream and voters who choose to use euristic shortcuts to solve the information problem. Most voters have a sense of allegiance to a party that is inherited through the family. Fiorina proposed an alternative way to explain why voters vote for one party rather than another, or a different answer to how the position of different candidate parties can be assessed. 0000000929 00000 n Although the models rely on the same data they make radically different predictions about the political future. Nevertheless, both models may be more or less correct. This theory presupposed that the voter recognizes his or her own interest, assesses alternative candidates, and on the basis of this assessment, will choose for the candidate or party that will be most favourably assessed in the sense of best serving his or her own political interests and interests. Otherwise, our usefulness as voters decreases as a party moves away, i.e. The theoretical account of voting behavior drew heavily upon the metaphor of a 'funnel of causality'. We project voters' preferences and political positions, that is, the positions that parties have on certain issues and for the preferences that voters have on certain issues. By finding something else, he shaped a dominant theory explaining the vote. So, voters evaluate the positions of the parties and from these positions, this party is a left-wing party and this party is a right-wing party. A distinction is made between the sociological model of voting from the Columbia School, which refers to the university where this model was developed. There is a small bridge that is made between these two theories with Fiorina on the one hand and the Michigan model of another party that puts the concept of partisan identification at the centre and that conceives of this concept in a very different way, especially with regard to its origin. Reinforcement over time since adult voters increasingly rely on this partisan identification to vote and to face the problems of information, namely partisan identification seen as a way of solving a problem that all voters have, which is how to form an idea and deal with the abundance and complexity of the information that comes to us from, for example, the media, political campaigns or others in relation to the political offer. A set of theories has given some answers. On the other hand, in rationalist approaches, shortcuts are cognitive shortcuts. This is central to spatial theories of voting, that is, voters vote or will vote for the candidate or party that is closest to their own positions. [10], The third model is called the economic model of the vote or the Rochester School of Economics, developed by Downs in the book An Economic Theory of Democracy published in 1957.[11]. It also proposes a reconceptualization of the concept of partisanship in order to integrate all relevant contributions of the . We have to be careful, because when we talk about political psychology, we include that, but we also include the role of cognitions and rationality. a new model of legislative behavior that captures when and how lawmakers vote differently than expected. There are two variations. The extent to which the usefulness of voters' choices varies from candidate to candidate, but also from voter to voter. Voters calculate the cost of voting. The psycho-sociological model is intended as a development that wants to respond to this criticism. The specified . In other words, the voters' political preferences on different issues, in other words, in this type of theorizing, they know very well what they want, and what is more, these positions are very fixed and present when the voter is going to have to vote. 0000007835 00000 n A rather subjective and almost sentimental citizen is placed at the centre of the analysis. Symbols evoke emotions. In directional models with intensity, there are models that try to show how the salience of different issues changes from one group to another, from one social group to another, or from one candidate and one party to another. This jargon comes from this type of explanation. We are not ignoring the psychological model, which focuses on the identification people have with parties without looking at the parties. In Personality traits and party identification over time published in 2014 by Bakker, Hopmann and Persson, the authors attempt to explain partisan identification. By Web: Vote-By-Mail Web Request. For the sociological model we have talked about the index of political predisposition with the variables of socioeconomic, religious and spatial status. It is also often referred to as a point of indifference because there are places where the voter cannot decide. It is a variant of the simple proximity model which remains in the idea of proximity but which adds an element which makes it possible to explain certain voting behaviours which would not be explainable by other models. The curve instead of the simple proximity model, or obviously the maximization from the parties' point of view of electoral support, lies in the precise proximity between voters' preferences and the parties' political programs on certain issues, in this case this remains true but with a lag that is determined by discounting from a given status quo. These studies model individual utility from the election of a preferred party or candidate as decreasing as the alternative deviates from one's ideal point, but differ as to whether this loss should be modeled linearly or quadratically. The individual is subjectivity at the centre of the analysis. The psycho-sociological model also developed a measure called the partisan identification index, since this model wanted to be an empirical model with behaviourism and the idea of studying individual behaviours empirically with the development of national election studies and survey data to try to measure the partisan identification index. We must assess the costs of going to the polls, of gathering the information needed to make a decision, but also the value of one's own participation, since the model is also supposed to explain voter turnout. Voting requires voters to know the candidates' positions on issues, but when there are several candidates or several parties, it is not very easy for some voters in particular. We must also, and above all, look at the links between types of factors. Today, in the literature, we talk about the economic vote in a narrower and slightly different sense, namely that the electoral choice is strongly determined by the economic situation and by the policies that the government puts in place in particular to deal with situations of economic difficulty. We are going to talk about the economic model. It is the state of the economy that will decide who will win the election or not. This model leaves little room for the ideology which is the idea that by putting so much emphasis on the emotional voter and feelings, it leaves little room for the ideology that is central to explaining the economic model of the vote. In the sociological and psycho-sociological model, there was no place for ideology, that's another thing that counts, on the other hand, in economic theories, spatial theories and Downs' theory of the economic vote, ideology is important. This approach emphasizes a central variable which is that of partisan identification, which is a particular political attitude towards a party. This is a fairly reasonable development, as is the discounting model, whose proximity was something reasonable and which makes the model more consistent with reality. Maximizing utility is done in proximity to certain issues. When you vote, you are taking your personal time and effort to advance the collective good, without any guarantee of personal rewardthe very heart of what it means to be altruistic. Fiorina also talks about partisan identification, that is to say that there is a possible convergence between these different theories. In both The People's Choice (Lazarsfeld et al., 1944) and Voting (Berelson et al., 1954), the authors Numerous studies examine voting behavior based on the formal theoretical predictions of the spatial utility model. The theory of the economic model of the vote is also a model that allows predictions to be made about party behaviour. Prospective voting says that the evaluation is based on what the parties and candidates are going to say. Merrill, Samuel, and Bernard Grofman. These authors proposed to say that there would be a relationship between the explanatory models of the vote and the cycle of alignment, realignment, misalignment in the sense that the sociological model would be better able to explain the vote in phases of political realignment. Prospective voting is based on election promises and retrospective voting is based on past performance. startxref Political scientists have defined several models of voter behavior in an attempt to explain the different motivations of voters: Rational choice theory describes someone voting in their best interest, supporting the candidate whose platform will give them the most favorable outcomes. In this model, importance is given to primary socialization. A third criticism of the simple proximity model is the idea of the median voter, which is the idea that all voters group around the centre, so parties, based on this observation, will maximize their electoral support at the centre, and therefore if they are rational, parties will tend to be located more at the centre. The theory of partisan competition was completely eliminated by the other types of explanations. Voters are more interested in political results than in political programmes, and the choice is also made from this perspective. The role of the media and campaigns simplifies information by summarizing it. Voting is an instrument that serves us to achieve an objective. Nevertheless, some of these spatial theories depart from this initial formulation. Fiorina reverses the question, in fact, partisan identification can result from something else and it also produces electoral choices. We often talk about economic theory of the vote in the broadest sense in order to designate a rationalist theory based on rational choice theory and spatial theories of the vote. The limitations are the explanation of partisan identification, which is that the model has been criticized because it explains or does not explain too much about where partisan identification comes from except to say that it is the result of primary socialization. The concept of electoral choice does not belong to the sociological model but rather to rationalist theories. Cross-pressure theory entered political science via the analysis of voting behavior at Columbia University (Lazarsfeld et al. When we talk about the Downs model, we also talk about the proximity model, which is the idea of a rational economic mode based on utility maximization. There have been attempts to address this anomaly. As far as the proximity model with discounting is concerned, there is a concern when we are going to apply it empirically: we need to be able to determine what the degree of discounting is, how much the voter is going to discount. It is a model that is very close to data and practice and lends itself very easily to empirical testing through measures of partisan identification and different measures of socio-demographic factors among others. The basic assumptions of the economic model of the vote are threefold: selfishness, which is the fact that voters act according to their individual interests and not according to their sense of belonging to a group or their attachment to a party. This is the proximity model. This creates a concern for circularity of reasoning. It can be defined as lasting feelings of attachment that individuals develop towards a certain party. (June 2012) Networks in electoral behavior, as a part of political science, refers to the relevance of networks in forming citizens' voting behavior at parliamentary, presidential or local elections. The second question is according to which criteria to determine the individual utility of voters. For Lazarsfeld, "a person thinks politically as he or she is socially". This is called the proximity model. Psychological theories are based on a type of explanation that does not focus on the issues discussed during a political campaign, for example. In the literature, we often talk about the economic theory of voting. The basic idea is somewhat the same, namely that it is a way that voters have at their disposal, a euristic and cognitive shortcut that voters have at their disposal to deal with the problem of complex information. The distance must be assessed on the basis of what the current policy is. It has often been emphasized that this model and approach raises more questions than answers. For example, a strongly conservative voter who votes Democratic may vote Republican because he or she feels more in tune with the party. social determinism There are several theories emphasizing different factors which may shape citizens' voting behavior. The aspect is based on the idea that there is an information problem that represents a difficulty and costs that voters must pay to gather information and to become informed about an election. The anomaly is that there is a majority of the electorate around the centre, but there are parties at the extremes that can even capture a large part of the preferences of the electorate. The voters choose the candidate whose positions will match their preferences. There has been a lot of criticism that has allowed the idea of issue voting to develop in a rationalist context and models. Some have another way of talking about convergences and showing how the theories explaining the vote can be reconciled with the process of political misalignment. The choice of candidates is made both according to direction but also according to the intensity of positions on a given issue. The problem of information is crucial in the spatial theories of voting and who would need an answer to fully understand these different theories. it takes a political position that evokes the idea of symbolic politics in a more salient way. The relationship between partisan identification and voting is that the model postulates that partisan identification is the explanatory variable and that voting for the electoral choice is the explained variable. What is interesting is that they try to relate this to personality traits such as being open, conscientious, extroverted, pleasant and neurotic. In the psychological approach, the information problem is circumvented by the idea of the development of partisan identification, which is an emotional shortcut that voters operate. Some have criticized this model saying that it puts forward the one-dimensional image of the human being and politics, that is, that it is purely rational, hypercognitive in a way without taking into account sociological but also psychological elements. Symbolic politics says that what is important in politics are not necessarily the rationally perceived positions or the political positions of the parties but what the political symbols evoke in relation to certain issues. Even if there is still a significant effect of identification, there are other explanations and aspects to look for, particularly in terms of the issue vote and the assessments that different voters make of the issue vote. There has been the whole emergence of the rational actor, which is the vote in relation to issues, which is not something that comes simply from our affective identification with a party, but there is a whole reflection that the voter makes in terms of cost-benefit calculations. A distinction must be made between the affective vote of the psycho-sociological model and the cognitive vote of the theories of the economic model. In other words, there is the idea of utility maximization which is a key concept in rational choice theory, so the voter wants to maximize his utility and his utility is calculated according to the ratio between the cost and the benefit that can be obtained from the action, in this case going to vote (1) and going to vote for that party rather than this one (2). Value orientations refer to materialism as well as post-materialism, among other things, cleavages but no longer from a value perspective. The choice can be made according to different criteria, but they start from the assumption that there are these voters who arrive in an electoral process that refers to the idea of the hexogeneity of voters' preferences. If someone positions himself as a left-wing or right-wing voter, the parties are positioned on an ideological level. Political parties can make choices that are not choices to maximize the electorate, unlike spatial theories, where parties seek to maximize their short-term electoral support in an election. Sociological Model (Columbia Model) Social-Psychological Model (Michigan Model) Economic / Rational Choice Model (Rochester Model) 5 Sociological Model. The third criterion is rationality, which is that based on the theory of rational choice, voters mobilize the limited means at their disposal to achieve their goals, so they will choose the alternative among the political offer that costs them the least and brings them the greatest possible benefit. in what is commonly known as the Columbia school of thought, posited that contextual factors influence the development . In this way, parties can offer relatively extreme political platforms that are not optimal in the short term, but that generate higher levels of support in the medium and long term. But more generally, when there is a campaign, the issues are discussed. If certain conditions are present, such as good democratic functioning within the party, activists will have the opportunity to exercise "voice" and influence positions. The Lazarsfeld model would link membership and voting. 0000009473 00000 n The spatial theory of the vote postulates that the electoral choice is made in the maximization of individual utility. In this approach, it is possible to say that the voter accepts the arguments of a certain party because he or she feels close to a party and not the opposite which would be what the economic model of the vote postulates, that is to say that we listen to what the party has to say and we will choose that party because we are convinced by what that party says. . 43 0 obj <> endobj For Lazarsfeld, we think politically how we are socially, there is not really the idea of electoral choice. 0000001124 00000 n If voters, who prefer more extreme options, no longer find these options within the party they voted for, then they will look elsewhere and vote for another party. The personality model highlights the importance of childhood experiences for political behavior and belief in adulthood; the sociological model highlights the importance of primary and interest . This is linked to a decrease in class voting and a loss of traditional cleavages. Even more plausibly, election campaigns are built around several issues. There is this curvilinear disparity because the three actors position themselves differently. So, we are going to the extremes precisely because we are trying to mobilize an electorate. The political position of each candidate is represented in the same space, it is the interaction between supply and demand and the voter will choose the party or candidate that is closest to the voter. Others have criticized this analogy between the economic market and the political market as being a bit simplistic, saying that, basically, the consequences of buying a consumer product have a certain number of consequences, but they are much more limited compared to what buying a vote can have in terms of choosing a party. These are possible answers more to justify and account for this anomaly. It is multidimensional also in the bipartisan context of the United States because there are cleavages that cut across parties. This economic theory of the vote, this rationalist theory, has a great advantage over the other models, which is that it does not only focus on voters, that is to say, it does not only focus on political demand, but it also looks at supply and especially at the interaction between supply and demand. Here, preferences are endogenous and they can change. the earlier Columbia studies, the Michigan election studies were based upon national survey samples. In Person: 971 W Duval St. Ste. They are both proximity choices and directional choices with intensity, since there are voters who may choose intensity and others who may choose direction. For many, voting is a civic duty. Ideology is a means of predicting and inferring political positions during an election campaign. The idea is that you stay loyal and you do "voice", that is, act to make things change. In Switzerland, the idea of an issue is particularly important because there is direct democracy, which is something that by definition is based on issues. Direction ("Who votes for whom?") This study presents an automated and accurate . Certain developments in the theory of the psycho-sociological model have in fact provided answers to these criticisms. Then they evaluate their own position in relation to the issues and they do the same operation positioning themselves on this left-right axis. What explains historical variation in voter turnout? The importance of symbols lies in what arouses emotions. Other researchers have tried to propose combined models that combine different explanations. There is a small degree of complexity because one can distinguish between attitudes towards the candidate or the party, attitudes towards the policies implemented by the different parties and attitudes about the benefits that one's own group may receive from voting for one party rather than another. The simple proximity model is that the voter will vote for the party or parties that are in the same direction. So there is this empirical anomaly where there is a theory that presupposes and tries to explain the electoral choices but also the positions of the parties in a logic of proximity to the centre of the political spectrum, but on the other hand there is the empirical observation that is the opposite and that sees parties and voters located elsewhere. On the other hand, the intensity directional model better explains the electoral choices of candidates who are not currently in power. On this basis, four types of voters can be identified in a simplified manner: It is possible to start from the assumption that the characteristics of these different voters are very different. Often, in Anglo-Saxon literature, this model is referred to as the party identification model. The main explanatory factors have been sought in socio-economic status and socio-demographic variables such as "age," "gender," and "education. Voters who want their ballot mailed to an address that is not their address on record will be required to submit their request in writing. Voting behavior is a form of electoral behavior. Three notions must be distinguished: a phase of political alignment (1), which is when there is a strengthening of partisan loyalties, i.e. Its weak explanatory power has been criticized, and these are much more recent criticisms in the sense that we saw when we talked about class voting in particular, which from then on saw the emergence of a whole series of critics who said that all these variables of social position and anchoring in social contexts may have been explanatory of participation and voting at the time these theories emerged in the 1950s, but this may be much less true today in a phase or period of political misalignment. The image that an individual has of himself in this perspective is also the result of this identification. Downs already put ideology at the centre of his explanation. This model shows that there is more than political identities, partisan identification and social inking. $2.75. Lazarsfeld was the first to study voting behaviour empirically with survey data, based on individual data, thus differentiating himself from early studies at the aggregate level of electoral geography. offers a behavior analysis of voting behavior. to 1/n,and thus the expected utility of voting is proportional to N/n, which is approximately independent of the size of the electorate.3 In the basic rational-choice model of voting and political participation (see Blais 2000 for an overview and many references), the relative util-ity of voting, for a particular eligible voter, is: U = pB . In this case, there may be other factors that can contribute to the voter choice; and all parties that are on the other side of the neutral point minimize the voter's utility, so the voter will not vote for that party all other things being equal. 3105. Several studies show that the impact of partisan identification varies greatly from one context to another. 0000011193 00000 n In short, it is an explanatory model that emphasizes the role of political attitudes. There are certain types of factors that influence other types of factors and that in turn influence other types of factors and that ultimately help explain the idea of the causal funnel of electoral choice. models of voting behavior -the columbia school (1940s) -the Michigan school (1950s) the columbia school -1940s -social determinism -voter brand loyalty (party id) -selective perception/projection -minimal campaign effect -cross-pressures -high interest+low partisanship are rare minimal campaign effect . The psycho-sociological model can be seen in the light of an explanatory contribution to the idea that social inking is a determining factor in explaining the vote, or at least on a theoretical level. 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