Economic voting in a crisis: the Irish election of 2011

  • The paper explores a question raised by the 2011 Irish election, which saw an almost unprecedented decline in support for a major governing party after an economic collapse that necessitated an ECB/IMF ‘bailout’. This seems a classic case of ‘economic voting’ in which a government is punished for incompetent performance. How did the government lose this support: gradually, as successive economic indicators appeared negative, or dramatically, following major shocks? The evidence points to losses at two critical junctures. This is consistent with an interpretation of the link between economics and politics that allows for qualitative judgements by voters in assigning credit and blame for economic performance.

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Document Type:Article
Language:English
Author(s):Michael Marsh, Slava JankinORCiD
Parent Title (English):Electoral Studies
Publication year:2012
Publishing Institution:Hertie School
First Page:478
Last Page:484
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2012.02.010
Release Date:2019/02/08
Volume:31
Issue:3
Licence of document (German):Metadaten / metadata
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