1) Dominant mainstream parties put more emphasis on concrete policies when addressing social groups, whereas challengers rely more on purely symbolic group appeals.
2)These differences vanish during campaign times, when all parties tend to substantiate their group appeals with policies.
May 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
1) Dominant mainstream parties put more emphasis on concrete policies when addressing social groups, whereas challengers rely more on purely symbolic group appeals.
2)These differences vanish during campaign times, when all parties tend to substantiate their group appeals with policies.
Thrilled to see my 1st PhD paper out in #PartyPolitics! Based on ~15000 posts by 86 German subnat. parties (2015-2019), Simon Franzmann & I show that dominant & challenger parties differ in the use of policy-based vs symbolic & positive vs negative appeals.
Thrilled to see my 1st PhD paper out in #PartyPolitics! Based on ~15000 posts by 86 German subnat. parties (2015-2019), Simon Franzmann & I show that dominant & challenger parties differ in the use of policy-based vs symbolic & positive vs negative appeals.