Using a Panel Data Design to Explain the 2019 European Parliament Elections: Has the Issue of Immigration Changed the Dynamics of European Parliament Elections?

• In Event: Policy preferences and voting behavior

Brief Overview

We are using data from a three-wave panel design collected in Germany to determine whether the issue of immigration turned the 2019 EP elections into elections about European rather than national issues.

Authors

• Evelyn Bytzek, University of Koblenz-Landau

• Zuzana Ringlerova, Masaryk University