Likeminded? Congruence Between Political Elites and their Voters Regarding Policy Choices in Swiss‐EU Relations

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Title
Likeminded? Congruence Between Political Elites and their Voters Regarding Policy Choices in Swiss‐EU Relations
Journal
Swiss Political Science Review
Author(s)
Lauener Lukas
ISSN
1424-7755
1662-6370
Publication state
Published
Issued date
06/2022
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
28
Number
2
Pages
296-318
Language
english
Abstract
Swiss-EU relations not only rank among the most important political problems for citizens but are also the subject of repeated political contestation. Using data from the 2019 Swiss Election Study (Selects), this article examines the extent to which the opinions of political elites and voters coincide on four European integration issues: 1) the trade-off between maintaining the bilateral agreements and limiting immigration, 2) the cohesion billion, 3) the trade-off between the institutional framework agreement and the accompanying measures, and 4) EU membership. The results show that, overall, candidates represent voters extremely well with regard to positions, i.e., both groups are “on the same side”. However, candidates are generally more EU-integrationist and hold more extreme opinions than voters. Moreover, this article investigates how well candidates represent the variety of voter opinions and finds that – contrary to previous research – there is no systematic difference between centrist and pole parties.
Keywords
Political Science and International Relations
Web of science
Open Access
Yes
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