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The unfulfilled promises of upward mobility and support for radical left parties in Western Europe 未能实现的向上流动的承诺和对西欧激进左翼政党的支持

IF 2.3 2区社会学

Electoral Studies Pub Date : 2025-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2025.102999

José Pedro Lopes

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Corruption and accountability: Electoral systems, vote choice, and voter expectations for political parties 腐败与问责制：选举制度、投票选择和选民对政党的期望

IF 2.3 2区社会学

Electoral Studies Pub Date : 2025-09-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2025.102998

Tiffany D. Barnes , Emily Beaulieu

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The effect of incumbency in a mixed-member electoral system 在任者在混合成员选举制度中的影响

IF 2.3 2区社会学

Electoral Studies Pub Date : 2025-09-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2025.102988

B.K. Song

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Cultivating trust? The role of European Union investments in bridging rural-urban divides 培养信任?欧盟投资在弥合城乡差距方面的作用

IF 2.3 2区社会学

Electoral Studies Pub Date : 2025-09-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2025.102987

Paul Maneuvrier-Hervieu , Leo Azzollini , Anne-Marie Jeannet

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Assisting the vote? Disability as a cost of voting 协助投票？残疾是投票的代价

IF 2.3 2区社会学

Electoral Studies Pub Date : 2025-09-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2025.102997

Michael C. Herron , Daniel A. Smith

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Facts Speak Louder? Comparing the attention effects of moral and factual framing of political issues 事实更响亮？比较政治问题的道德框架和事实框架的注意效果

IF 2.3 2区社会学

Electoral Studies Pub Date : 2025-09-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2025.102996

Michal Tóth , Tadeáš Celý , Roman Chytilek

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Learning to vote in democratic and authoritarian elections 学习在民主和专制选举中投票

IF 2.3 2区社会学

Electoral Studies Pub Date : 2025-08-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2025.102985

Anja Neundorf , Ksenia Northmore-Ball

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Issue congruence outweighs geography: Understanding the appeal of Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) in east and west Germany 议题一致性胜过地理：理解BSW在东德和西德的吸引力

IF 2.3 2区社会学

Electoral Studies Pub Date : 2025-08-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2025.102986

Jan Philipp Thomeczek , Aiko Wagner

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Vote choice under certainty, risk, and uncertainty 确定性、风险和不确定性下的投票选择

IF 2.3 2区社会学

Electoral Studies Pub Date : 2025-08-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2025.102972

Guido Tiemann

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Do voters on the left show more solidarity behaviour? Novel behavioural evidence from interactive surveys in Austria, West and East Germany 左翼选民表现出更多的团结行为吗？来自奥地利、西德和东德互动调查的新行为证据

IF 2.3 2区社会学

Electoral Studies Pub Date : 2025-08-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2025.102980

Achim Goerres, Jakob Eicheler

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