Government popularity in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic

IF 1.5 4区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Economics & Politics Pub Date : 2024-05-14 DOI:10.1111/ecpo.12292

Vítor Castro, Rodrigo Martins

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Abstract

This study analyses how government popularity was shaped in the UK during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Using daily data for the Conservative party popularity rate, we find that their popularity was strongly dominated by factors related to the pandemic, more so by the political cases linked to its management and the measures that the government undertook than by the direct health impact of the coronavirus. The government stringency measures became more harmful for government popularity over time, especially when the pandemic metrics calmed down. The economy played a very marginal role in shaping government popularity during that period.

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COVID-19 大流行期间英国政府的受欢迎程度

本研究分析了在 2019 年冠状病毒疾病大流行期间，英国政府的民望是如何形成的。利用保守党民望率的每日数据，我们发现保守党的民望受到与疫情相关因素的强烈支配，与冠状病毒对健康的直接影响相比，与疫情管理相关的政治案件和政府采取的措施对其民望的影响更大。随着时间的推移，政府的严厉措施对政府声望的损害越来越大，尤其是在疫情平息之后。在此期间，经济对政府民望的影响微乎其微。

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Economics & Politics Multiple-

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2.40

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10.00%

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