Class, Party and Ideology: A Danish Case Study of Electoral Behaviour in Referendums*
- 1 September 1984
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Scandinavian Political Studies
- Vol. 7 (3) , 175-196
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9477.1984.tb00300.x
Abstract
In this paper elements of a theory of electoral behaviour in referendums are presented and tested on a theoretically important case. Among the main determining factors — social class, political party and ideological attitude — it is shown that on a relatively simple issue with low importance for the everyday life of the voters, ideological attitude is far more important than politicál party and social class in explaining referendum voting. On this basis a scheme of analysis and a number of hypotheses are suggested for further study.Keywords
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