Publication type
Journal Article
Authors
Publication date
December 1, 2024
Summary:
While it is well-established that disability reduces the probability of electoral turnout, far less is known about the relationship between disability and support for particular political parties. Using nationally representative longitudinal data from Understanding Society we explore the relationship between disability and party support in England and Wales along left-right and protest dimensions. Consistent with our hypotheses, analysis of cross-sectional data suggests that, after accounting for demographic characteristics, disabled people are significantly less likely to support parties to the right and more likely to support protest parties. In contrast, however, after accounting for time invariant individual unobserved heterogeneity using panel data methods, we find no evidence of a relationship between disability and left-right party support, and far less evidence of a relationship with protest parties. We discuss and attempt to reconcile these findings.
Published in
Electoral Studies
Volume
Volume: 92:102881
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2024.102881
ISSN
02613794
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Open Access
Under a Creative Commons license
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