The Differing Drivers of Political Parties’ General and Economic Competence: Experimental Evidence from Britain

• In Event: Public Opinion about Partisanship

Brief Overview

The results of conjoint experiments show that most characteristics of a political party have the same effects on perceptions of general and economic competence. Issue priorities, a leader’s gender and membership size are distinguishing factors.

Authors

• Robert Johns, University of Essex

• Ann-Kristin Kölln, Aarhus University