Which Promises Actually Matter? Understanding Promissory Representation with Conjoint Analysis of Election Pledges

• In Event: Causes and Consequences of Party Platforms

Brief Overview

Parties fulfilment of their mandates are usually tested by looking at the percentage of manifesto promises fulfilled. But this treats all promises equally. We use a conjoint experiment to weight the promises by how central they were perceived to be.

Authors

• Jonathan Andrew Mellon, University of Manchester

• Christopher Prosser, Royal Holloway, University of London