Insurance strategic considerations in coalition-oriented systems: A consideration set model approach

Annika Fredén, Jacob Sohlberg

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Abstract

During a vote-decision process, citizens elect between some of the parties – not all of them. In this paper, we explore a potential strategic reason to include an additional alternative in the consideration set. Drawing on research from the field of strategic voting, we study incentives to defect to a party at risk of falling below an electoral threshold in order to elect a winning coalition (”insurance”). Our argument is that these types of strategic considerations occur already in the campaign, but do not always translate into choice. Using the so-called consideration set model approach (CSM), which focuses on how voters select fewer alternatives among a larger number of parties, we model vote choice over an election campaign using panel data from the Swedish National Election Studies of 2014. In line with our argument, we demonstrate that the insurance strategy was prevalent earlier in the decision-making process, when forming the consideration set.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)302-308
Number of pages7
JournalElectoral Studies
Volume57
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019 Feb
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2018

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Political Science

Free keywords

  • Coalitions
  • Consideration set
  • Insurance
  • Small parties
  • Strategic

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