Potentially Voting across the Divide in Deeply Divided Places: Ethnic Catch-All Voting in Consociational Northern Ireland
2014; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 62; Issue: 1_suppl Linguagem: Inglês
10.1111/1467-9248.12109
ISSN1467-9248
Autores Tópico(s)Migration, Refugees, and Integration
ResumoI elaborate a model of cross-bloc party support in deeply divided places. The model expects that the variation in the level of electoral support that citizens in Community A have for parties in Community B is a function of citizens' evaluations of the relative ability of parties in Community B to represent the interests of all communities. This ‘ethnic catch-all’ model of cross-bloc party support is tested in the context of consociational Northern Ireland, using data from a representative survey conducted directly after the 2010 Westminster general election. The findings are asymmetric: the model explains Protestant support for nationalist parties but not Catholic support for unionist parties. The findings, and their implications, are discussed.
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