Group Sympathy as an Influence on Party Choice

• In Event: Groups and Voting Behavior

Brief Overview

Based on reference group theory we examine how voters’ attitudes to social groups relate to vote choices in the US, Austria and Denmark. We find relationships that are stable across time and of substantial strength in all three countries.

Authors

• Rune Stubager, Aarhus University

• Christoffer Hentzer Dausgaard, University of Copenhagen

• Michael S. Lewis-Beck, University of Iowa

• Lena Maria Huber, University of Mannheim, Mannheim Centre of European Social Research