Combining retrospective voting and spatial voting theory: Positional retrospective evaluations and support for niche parties in Western Europe KU Leuven
In the last decades, parties that focus on a single or a small set of issues have received increasing electoral support. This trend has put pressure on traditional theories of voting behaviour. This project aims to revise these theories in light of a changing electoral context, by combining the insights of two main theories of voting behaviour. More specifically, the focus is on the retrospective voting theory and spatial voting theory. The ...