What drives Japanese regional elections? Multilevel factors and partisan independents

IF 1.7 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Regional and Federal Studies Pub Date : 2020-11-22 DOI:10.1080/13597566.2020.1840367

Ken Victor Leonard Hijino

引用次数: 2

Abstract

ABSTRACT Unlike in most Western European countries from which various explanatory models for regional elections have emerged, Japanese regional elections have been characterized by a relatively high number of and vote share for independent (non-partisan) candidates. The extensive vote share for non-partisan (independent) candidates – many who are in fact affiliated or members of statewide parties – at regional as opposed to national level is the main cause of divergence in electoral results between the two levels. In this election report for Japan’s 2019 prefectural-level legislative elections, we try to explain the reasons for the prevalence of these independents in general, their increasing vote share over the past decade, and how they fit into existing models explaining regional voting. We do this by analysing the 2019 regional elections from institutional and historical perspective.

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日本地方选举的动力是什么?多层次因素和党派独立

摘要与大多数西欧国家不同的是，日本地区选举的特点是独立（无党派）候选人的人数和得票率相对较高。无党派（独立）候选人——许多实际上是全州政党的附属或成员——在地区层面而不是国家层面的广泛选票份额是两个层面选举结果差异的主要原因。在这份2019年日本县一级立法选举的选举报告中，我们试图解释这些独立人士普遍存在的原因，他们在过去十年中的选票份额不断增加，以及他们如何融入解释地区投票的现有模型。我们通过从制度和历史的角度分析2019年的地区选举来做到这一点。

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Regional and Federal Studies POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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3.80

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21.40%

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期刊介绍： The upsurge of academic and political interest in regional and federal questions since the 1980s has been stimulated by the salience of regions in EU policy-making and the Structural Funds but also by regionalization and federalization processes in many Western states. The most striking example is the devolution occurring in the UK, but the process is at work all over Europe and in other parts of the world. These developments have led to many important research programmes and projects. Regional and Federal Studies is a refereed social science journal which provides an academic forum for the publication of international research on these issues. It is essential reading for both academics and practitioners in politics, administration and the business world.