Publication type
Journal Article
Authors
Publication date
June 15, 2016
Summary:
Following Hirschman, voters who are discontent with the party they voted
for have two options: exit the party and vote for another or stay
loyal. The inclination to exit or stay loyal is rooted in the Five
Factor Model (FFM) of personality. We test our argument in two panel
studies in Denmark and the United Kingdom. We find that citizens open to
experience are more likely to switch parties since they are more likely
to think about alternatives and take risks. Extroverts identify and
commit themselves to organizations and stay loyal in Denmark, but we do
not confirm this pattern in the United Kingdom. Our findings demonstrate
that electoral volatility is, at least partly, rooted in personality.
Published in
Political Psychology
Volume and page numbers
Volume: 37 , p.419 -429
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pops.12257
ISSN
162895
Subjects
Notes
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