A Changing Agenda: The Impact of Leadership Shifts on Party Manifestos

• In Event: JSS SESSION: New Perspectives: Elections and Partisanship

Brief Overview

What impact does leadership change have on manifestos? Leadership changes create a rebalancing of political parties and alter the type and salience of issues in platforms.

Authors

• Christine Sylvester, Binghamton University

• Julia Maynard, University of Michigan