Does Governing Policy Respond to the Median Voter or to Governing Parties’ Supporters?

• In Event: Responsiveness and Elections

Brief Overview

Cross-national analyses of public opinion and welfare policies show that governments respond to their supporters at the expense of the median.

Authors

• Timothy Hellwig, Indiana University-Bloomington

• Lawrence Ezrow, University of Essex

• Werner Krause, Humboldt University of Berlin